I grew up on the pirate radio scene which started out as drum 'n' bass music. U.K. garage picked up and got… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to embrace different music and different culture and put it in the music. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I don't really class myself as a musician, I can make music but I'm not the greatest technically. There were other people… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I got an A for music and it was at school that I learned to build a beat. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Grunge, like Nirvana and all that. Heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Guns and Roses, drum and bass. I like to listen to… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I see all that celebrity stuff now as whatever, man. What's more important is that everyday people are liking my music, it's… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
My fans are lunatics. I encourage mosh pits, I encourage lunacy, I make music to let go to. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Where I'm from, there ain't a lot of other options, you know what I'm saying? Entertainment or football or crime. I don't… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I always want to make people dance so there'll always be an element of dance in my music. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I found it easy to produce. I'm not the musical guy. I can't read and play music like that, but put some… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
There's things that I say that people wouldn't say. And just putting across my vulnerability as a person in my music as… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
No U.K. rapper has been in my position; there are loads of big rappers like Tinie Tempah or Skepta, but no one… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I'm trying to give people the chance to put out their music without the bullshit pressures of other labels. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Music's something that I really wasn't pushed into, it was something I just kinda chose, I just kept pushing myself, and it… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
School would have been pretty dead really for me without music. I liked IT, and English was all right, but that was… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I actually really like DJ Assault - a Detroit a ghetto tech DJ, who's produced good music that's influenced me a bit. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I made hardcore music and that came kind of easy - it was what I knew. But it was a challenge for… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Sometimes people chat loosely. Sometimes people just speak their minds and what's on their mind ain't necessarily real or facts, so I… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I like that the sight of me can make people happy. That's nice innit? I like that people like my music. I… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
In the end, music was the only option open to me. It was a blessing I pursued it. I put all my… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I sometimes think I should write a book. I've seen some things, you know, but it's all there in the songs. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I grew up on the pirate radio scene which started out as drum 'n' bass music. U.K. garage picked up and got bigger on… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Kids need to be taught that your dreams aren't just dreams. Whatever they are, it's OK to push for them. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to embrace different music and different culture and put it in the music. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Rappers and MCs have always had an alias. Building your character, it helps you to get things out. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
Other than my Instagram - very recently - I'm not out there. I'm not in the papers every week, I've managed to curb all… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I'd done plenty of dark stuff and edgy stuff and hardcore stuff, and I kind of found that stuff easy. — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I'll never run out of things to rap about. Sometimes you sit there and think, 'I can't do it, I can't do it.' Then… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
The name Dirtee Stank came from a lyric I had when I was 17 or 16. Lyrical tank, like my name was Frank, going… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
