When I do music videos, I like to do a take, then see how it looks, so I can correct it. — Skepta Copy Share Image
I was working so hard at music and trying to do this whole 'industry' thing and realised that it wasn't for me. — Skepta Copy Share Image
I was about 18 when I started making music, making beats. My mindset was totally different. — Skepta Copy Share Image
'Konnichiwa,' to me, is a classic because I don't make music for today where everyone is going to judge what I did… — Skepta Copy Share Image
I can't make hard street music for the rest of my life. Your references change. — Skepta Copy Share Image
With the music that I've put out, I realized that putting pressure on an album isn't always the right thing to do… — Skepta Copy Share Image
It's not just my music. Not everyone just listens to grime now 'cause of Skepta. They like how we speak. They like… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Songs like 'One Love' by Bob Marley - they stand the test of time - it doesn't matter - so anytime I… — Skepta Copy Share Image
I've been trying to do this music stuff and work it out for so long... I was like, 'Let's do it for… — Skepta Copy Share Image
It took a long time for hip-hop to become commercial. Now there's all these big black icons that came from nowhere to… — Skepta Copy Share Image
There is so much good music from our scene in the U.K., and I'm happy I'm part of that movement. For a… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Pharrell loves music. When I'm with him, it's like I'm working with someone that I've known all my life, and we're both… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Every year, I always go abroad with dark music, and I'm going to these places, and I feel like I want a… — Skepta Copy Share Image
In this music industry, you'll find the differences with artists. You get some people who really love music... and you get people… — Skepta Copy Share Image
They respect rappers in the U.S., but in England, it's the Queen's country. She'll forever be putting out the message on these BBC networks… — Skepta Copy Share Image
There would be weeks when I'd just go to Paris on a cheap ticket, sleep on my friend's floor, and just do a show… — Skepta Copy Share Image
A good diss track needs to have some facts in it and definitely tell some truth. — Skepta Copy Share Image
'No fear' is a mindset that I stand for. It's the reason why I've got to where I am today. — Skepta Copy Share Image
I've been trying to do this music stuff and work it out for so long... I was like, 'Let's do it for ourselves.' All… — Skepta Copy Share Image
The worst thing that happened to me at a gig was when the microphone wasn't on one time, and for the three lines of… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Radio 1 doesn't exist to me. I don't judge my success by anything they say. — Skepta Copy Share Image
When I was a youth, to be called 'African' was a diss. At school, the African kids used to lie and say they were… — Skepta Copy Share Image
I don't think grime has ever been respected; it's not seen as a nice sound. — Skepta Copy Share Image
Bullying is bullying, man. Even the biggest of the bullies got bullied. And what was happening in school comes from the media, innit? It… — Skepta Copy Share Image
I've realised that there's art in everything we do in London. Suddenly, a photo of two boys sitting on a wall in tracksuits with… — Skepta Copy Share Image
