Darker side Quote by Tinie Tempah

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 music's grimy.

— Kano

Grime must be its own genre.

— Santan Dave

Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. There are things I miss about those…

— Kano

My music is quite diverse, but it blends Grime, Hip-Hop, Old Skool and other urban genres together.

— Bugzy Malone

The Grime guys have kind of rewritten the blueprint for people as far as creativity, songwriting, ownership, doing your own videos... So they're sending…

— Richard Ashcroft

I didn't get played on radio or TV for 3 years. They all told me the same thing: it was too urban. They don't…

— Big Narstie

If you grew up in London's East End you'd probably be inclined to be into something like grime music. But if you're removed from…

— Mura Masa

If I want to make a grime tune I'll go ahead and do it, but I don't really have the urge to right now.

— Lady Sovereign

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

— Kano

Whenever I think about funk music, it has a look - and that's how it sounds.

— Erykah Badu

The danger is that the artists who'll put grime into the commercial and public eye will put grime at the back of their closets…

— Big Narstie

The only other style of music that attempts to go to the deeper place of the silence that is music is New Age music.

— John Michael Talbot