Tinie Tempah

“I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to do... I guess that's why people connect with the music.”

“I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million.”

“When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.”

“I feel like I'm indirectly showing people, not that there's another way, but just that if you really have a dream, you should try and give it a go.”

“Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been.”

“Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are.”

“I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back.”

“I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on.”

“When I was about 14 I remember thinking when it came to proposing to my future girlfriend, I'd make a CD with all her favourite songs and a message that said, 'Will you marry me?' Shows you what a romantic I was. No one listens to CDs any more. It's all about iTunes.”

“Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able to go there as somebody who's a musician and is recognised as one is cool.”

“Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.”

“If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.”

“This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear.”

“I enjoyed my upbringing, my siblings did, we're polite, we're respectful, but at the end of the day we're young, we like to have fun. But now, more so than ever, the youth has been vilified to the point where it feels like you can't enjoy being young any more, you just have to sit it out and wait until you get old.”

“I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers.”

“Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last.”

“I pray as much as possible.”

“The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.”

“People discover you at festivals. They come to see Coldplay or whoever, and then wander over and catch your act. Festivals make a lot of sense to me.”

“When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.”