Labrinth

“I really enjoy 'festival life,' as it were, and I love the reactions when I bring out my guitar on stage. The crowd are always a bit like, 'What the hell is this urban guy doing with a guitar,' and that's what I love - the shock element of it all!”

“I actually tried to learn the dictionary at one point. It didn't work; I only got through the first few pages.”

“Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.”

“I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it.”

“I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts.”

“I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new.”

“My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.”

“Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop.”

“You can make what you want. People care about what the artist has to say, what the sound is, and how it affects them.”

“I try as much I can after every live performance to read all the comments my fans post on Facebook and Twitter, as this helps enormously for me to understand straight from fans what worked and what didn't.”

“I don't think about the success that I've had - I've had a lot of success with music - but I always look at it like it's a new day.”

“I'm a hundred percent a rock n' roll guy.”