For me, writing and creating music can be quite a solitary thing. — Kano Creating music Copy Share Image
I usually hate the whole process of pitching and making videos. I've had so many made and I only like about two… — Kano Hate Copy Share Image
Garage has been the big influence in my life. It was the first music that I started MCing to and I really… — Kano Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to humanise situations and represent voices that aren't being represented. — Kano Being Copy Share Image
I think Mighty Moe really got me into a whole different style of MCing. There were a lot of people with simple… — Kano Copy Share Image
There were eras of English music where people tried to rap in American accents and we lost our way. — Kano Copy Share Image
New Banger' is a statement, but it is more about giving the DJs something for the clubs. I think it should have… — Kano Banger Copy Share Image
If you're going to do something, it should be fresh and it shouldn't have been done before. — Kano Copy Share Image
We're always going for it and trying to raise the bar and achieve more and more and just be as creative as… — Kano Copy Share Image
I would love young girls to look up and see my string section or my brass section or the steel band and… — Kano Copy Share Image
I would go to college and people would know me from the rave they went to at the weekend. So I would… — Kano Mother Copy Share Image
Everybody has flaws, and every country has flaws. But you can still love something even though you know it's been so wrong… — Kano Country Copy Share Image
As a boy, I was known for reciting whole songs after one listen. I've always had a good memory for lyrics. It's… — Kano Communication Copy Share Image
I'm just used to having so much control in music and in acting you have to give that up a bit. Sure,… — Kano Acting Copy Share Image
As an MC, I come from a background where the onstage experience is freestyle-based: you never know who's going to join you… — Kano Experience Copy Share Image
Personally, I enjoyed school as much as the next kid. I was into art and every sport going from football to table… — Kano Art Copy Share Image
Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. There are things I miss… — Kano Copy Share Image
American racism seems to be a lot more in the open. The U.K. is different but it obviously still exists. — Kano Copy Share Image
I'm always working out how people perceive me, and that's a hard thing to navigate sometimes. — Kano Copy Share Image
I feel it's important to create moments, especially in a time where things are so throwaway. — Kano Copy Share Image
There's so much talent around here, east London in particular is full of talent. Whether that be boxing or football or music. — Kano Boxing Copy Share Image
I think music is great at posing a question. It doesn't always have to give the answer, but it can open the… — Kano Copy Share Image
If I looked back on 2019, in ten years' time, and I'd only made club tune after club tune, what's the purpose? — Kano Copy Share Image
I think great art poses questions and doesn't necessarily give answers and solutions - that's not what I'm trying to do. — Kano Art Copy Share Image
When we started out we didn't expect anything would come from it, definitely not money. We'd pay to go on pirate radio:… — Kano Copy Share Image
Most raves used to end by getting CS gassed. It wouldn't be like: 'Last orders! We've gotta go!' It'd be: 'Sigh, it's… — Kano Copy Share Image
I would be extremely surprised if David Cameron watched 'Top Boy.' But maybe he should. Maybe he should. — Kano Copy Share Image
I feel a lot of hip-hop videos are all about portraying a lifestyle that the artist doesn't even live. — Kano Art Copy Share Image
I just have no interest in the industry of acting, I don't want anything to do with it. But I respect the… — Kano Acting Copy Share Image
Music changes every year, but some people are great at riding waves and then they're doing something different next year. — Kano Copy Share Image
I don't agree with any form of butler, so definitely not a robot one. It's lazy, so a bad idea. — Kano Copy Share Image
I recorded my first song at 15. But I started rhyming a few years before that. At first it was trading lyrics… — Kano Copy Share Image
People used to say if you really want to crack it you have really got to go to America. But with the… — Kano America Copy Share Image
In most of my music it's firsthand experience, and some of the same rules apply in TV. The difference in music is… — Kano Control Copy Share Image
I can't say that I am not driven by success or have a fear of being successful. But for me, the ultimate… — Kano Fear Copy Share Image
