Kano

I hate PCs, and I hate using the mouse.

— Kano

I'm a thinker as much as I'm a talker.

— Kano

Hip-hop is the art of story-telling.

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Nah I'm not religious.

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Ultimately, I want people to be inspired.

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I don't want to be a preachy person.

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I know how important imagery is.

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David Cameron? He's not my guy.

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Jermaine Defoe was from my area. Rio Ferdinand used to come into my barbershop.

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I like Jay-Z for his lyrics, his flow; he's always forward thinking.

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I do feel that it's very important to see positive imagery.

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I don't think groundbreaking shows such as 'Top Boy' are made every day.

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Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.

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People think I can't go shopping - that's their perception of how famous I am.

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I would love to be involved in a table-tennis game.

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I'm not into releasing throwaway music for the sake of it.

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The first time I ever played Glastonbury I would have never have thought that a grime artist would have ever headlined it.

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It's fine to keep releasing tune after tune if you can keep up with that pace but I can't. I'm not the…

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I can clearly hear a lot of grime influence on Timbaland's stuff, on some of Drake's flows.

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You may think it's weird working with a cartoon band but there are a lot of characters in grime, especially since the…

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Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my…

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I need to make the album that deserves attention. Everyone's busy. I need to really be saying something.

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You fight for your character in the script. It's part of our job to evolve them, show all sides of them.

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When you come out, and if you're saying something worth taking note of, then people will give you their ears. If you're…

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Visible success is important. It's important to be able to look on the TV and see yourself, turn on the radio and…

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Starting out, when I was on pirate radio, or even around 2005 when I was supporting Mike Skinner at Brixton Academy, I…

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It's really important to me to still spend time in the ends - I'm there all the time. I do my videos…

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I believe in education, but I think the balance has to be right between theory and practical experience. I think from secondary…

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I'm definitely not a nerd... but maybe I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to music and lyrics and things…

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At some of my earliest shows, we used to roll up 20 deep - if my mates can't come in, I can't…

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I started writing lyrics to clash with other people in the playground. Now I've developed my own voice and my own style.…

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We grew up and I feel like we're achieving a level of success through music that's allowing us to see the world.…

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I like table-tennis and I'm good at it.

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“London, London, London town, You can toughen up or get thrown around.”

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We don't need Kanye to spit on grime instrumentals to show grime is great.

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I'm a big fan of D Double E who always used MCing styles that other people weren't.

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Probably as young as 10 I would take songs and just change the lyrics.

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I don't see myself as a political artist, but certain issues mean a lot to me.

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The first song I did was when I was 15 it was called 'Party Mode.'

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I probably pay more attention to politics than what I used to.

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