Bugzy Malone

“My mum always wanted me to have a career. Now she says that I've gone and got myself the best one in the world.”

“I came from a background where there wasn't loads of money in the family so I wasn't necessarily always the first to get jerseys but I did always make sure I had the England kit.”

“In the beginning of my career I was so tough on myself, because I knew I had to cement my brand, and I wasn't very kind to myself.”

“I'm a professional with very little time on my hands. I've got better things to be doing than buying a pint of milk.”

“I've put projects out on my own label twice now and been very successful which shows you don't need a major label to back you in this day and age.”

“I'm trying to create art out of the pain that I've experienced.”

“One of my intentions is to - off the back of my success - show people outside of London that any of us can be successful.”

“I feel like it's my discipline in life that has made my music career so long and successful.”

“I spent a lot of time being creative as a child - painting, drawing and writing poetry.”

“The writing and recording process is what I enjoy, it allows me to be creative and work with different artists and producers.”

“I've got an audience now. They found me. I didn't go looking for them. I feel my music brought them all in.”

“I've been doing a lot of training and that's that. Boxing, weights, just been working.”

“I think I needed boxing as an excuse, to be busy, 'cause if I wasn't busy I was getting into trouble.”

“I got out of jail when I was about 17. You feel as if you're behind, so it made me feel as if I had to work doubly as hard as everybody else to try and make up the ground that I'd lost.”

“I've always been somebody that wanted to become somebody. And I think, with Bugzy Malone, that's me, that's who I am.”

“There needs to be a ruthlessness in the pursuit otherwise the first sign of a challenge and you just give up!”

“I know that we've all got to pass one day but why do the young get took?”

“I believe that if you can see it in your head, exactly the way it's going to be, then that's how it's going to be.”

“I watched 'Dawn of the Dead' when I was young and I was intrigued. I like the whole zombie thing - what would it be like in real life?”

“Boxing is one of the hardest jobs in the world, so when I found my career path, what I'd learnt in the boxing gym meant I was head and shoulders above everybody else.”