Big Narstie

“My passion is music. That's where my heart is.”

“Grime is now a very talkable subject.”

“If you're wearing Reebok classics, then you're going through a midlife crisis. I don't want to catch you wearing these in the rave.”

“I wasn't meant to be famous. I've been blessed.”

“Hopefully I've inspired a lot of people who thought they'd never be able to get their own TV show to give it a go.”

“I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.”

“I would say 'The Big Narstie Show' is the United Colours of Benetton; it's for everyone. But I would definitely say that it has a black appeal, because that's what I am.”

“Especially in our industry, everything is so prim and proper; you'll never really see anyone show their sad side, because everyone wants to be perfect.”

“I come from Lambeth, Brixton.”

“I'm so thankful that Mum taught me to cook, because not every day is a takeaway day.”

“If I haven't rested, or I haven't slept or had food or done the normal basic things as a human being, how could I stand in front of a camera and do stuff, you know what I mean? It's mad!”

“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 and jump on another genre of music.”

“When I'm romantic, I'll make minted lamb. Yeah, man, I do have my romantic moments.”

“I am very thankful and blessed that I haven't had to sell my soul and be anything that I'm not.”

“I've got the best style out of all the MC's, so wear what I wear.”

“I'm the prime example of it; think about it, you know. My whole career has blown up by genuine people power.”

“I'm my production team's biggest nightmare.”

“Sometimes I just want to sit in my boxer shorts and cry. That's what being a human is.”

“None of my friends go to places like Selfridges. I'm a regular at the pound shop!”

“Some people see what I don't see - I'm just so happy to do all of this just being myself. The same thing what you get on the TV, you will see in your local Asda or the pound shop.”