I was the tough guy who never showed any emotion and dealt with nothing. — Jay Blades Emotion Copy Share Image
I went to a school that was predominantly white, and I was one of the first wave of black kids. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
When the teacher tells you you're a dunce and you're never going to amount to anything, that sticks with you. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
My reading ability is that of an 11-year-old. I've had a test. I was alright with numbers, but not reading. — Jay Blades Ability Copy Share Image
I've got my own businesses, employing people that I want to employ. How cool is that? — Jay Blades Business Copy Share Image
Dyslexia is a hidden disability. Not many people take it seriously. — Jay Blades Disability Copy Share Image
My mum was incredibly resourceful and there were loads of aunts and uncles around who helped. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
The item I prize in the kitchen is the mixing bowl, which can represent the start of something beautiful. — Jay Blades Beautiful Copy Share Image
A lot of the people that I spoke to, we are all stars in Hackney, and when it is our time to… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
One of the people I lived with was a bit naughty and would steal our food. You would see him with the… — Jay Blades Food Copy Share Image
At 21 I was all over the place, I had no direction, I left London because I was getting into loads of… — Jay Blades Direction Copy Share Image
I'm one of these ever-romantics, 'This is the one. No, there's another one. She's the one. She's the one. She's the one.'… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I want craft to be accessible to everybody, from the poor side of town to the rich side of town, so everybody… — Jay Blades Access Copy Share Image
What we are asking the consumer to do is learn to buy and have habits in a completely different way. To think… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
When I go to the workshop, I'll put the music on and have a dance for about half an hour. And then,… — Jay Blades Dance Copy Share Image
I am heavily dyslexic and if they send me a script I can't read it. They tell me who is coming on… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
Secondary school was a bit naughty for me. The class I was in was called 'L' for learners but was known as… — Jay Blades Chemistry Copy Share Image
We have become part of the throwaway culture where if something's broken, throw it away, buy new. It's just easier, more convenient.… — Jay Blades Community Copy Share Image
I can't say what she did was bad, because she did the best she could, but Mum's input was more to do… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I think everything that happened to me with splitting up with my wife, leaving my business and I was quite an influential… — Jay Blades Business Copy Share Image
I've met so many people who have dyslexia and just got through life. — Jay Blades Dyslexia Copy Share Image
We can't keep throwing stuff away at this alarming rate, thinking this planet is indestructible. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
My alarm is set for six o'clock but every day at half five, I'm up - let's go, let's go! — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I take on any challenge and I push myself to the extreme where sometimes it can be detrimental. — Jay Blades Challenge Copy Share Image
My charity lost its funding and my marriage broke down and I felt like a failure and I couldn't go on. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
Growing up on a council estate in Hackney, you didn't show emotion or vulnerability. — Jay Blades Growing up Copy Share Image
There's so much stuff that the normal person doesn't know that historians know. — Jay Blades Historians Copy Share Image
If you're not making something that can be repaired, why are you making it? It's just going to go to landfill. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
At one stage, I hated the police with a passion, because of how they treated me, how they treated my friends. — Jay Blades Friends Copy Share Image
It's nice when people like me and all that kind of stuff, but it's still quite uncomfortable. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I landed a job at a modelling agency in Bond Street, and those guys introduced me to a… — Jay Blades Bond Copy Share Image
If you make something, your mental health will benefit. It could be something really small, but every day you will have a… — Jay Blades Day Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that I have this tendency to remember stuff really, really well, which is quite weird, even though I… — Jay Blades Funny Copy Share Image
I used to think of Hackney in a really good light, now it's too much linked to slavery, too much. And then… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
