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I'm not a token black guy.
I'm my production team's biggest nightmare.
I'm in front of cameras a lot; I'm used to it.
I'm scared of fish - the way they look at you.
I wasn't meant to be famous. I've been blessed.
I'm lucky; I've been raised with the right morals.
There were times when I couldn't even buy a loaf of bread.
You're only as good as your options and your surroundings.
Channel 4 know I'm messed up. But they've got a soft spot for me.
Every man deserves a castle; doesn't matter how big your castle is.
I'm gonna show the world how to do proper football reporting, Narstie-style.
Grime's always been big at festivals. Grime's always had an underground crew.
The only way you can learn is by analysing yourself and taking in your mistakes.
None of my friends go to places like Selfridges. I'm a regular at the pound shop!
No, I wouldn't let Trump on my stage... I'd just rather fight him in the car park.
When I'm romantic, I'll make minted lamb. Yeah, man, I do have my romantic moments.
My kitchen is an imitation, really, of my mum's, except for the big American fridge.
I'm so thankful that Mum taught me to cook, because not every day is a takeaway day.
Sometimes I just want to sit in my boxer shorts and cry. That's what being a human is.
I want to show people my successful side, but I want to show you my bipolar side, too.
I'm not really a comedian, innit; I just naturally say things which people class as funny.
'The Big Narstie Show' is, basically, Channel 4 gave me a good amount of dough to be myself.
I've created a new sound. I've actually brought back dancing and vibes; it's more universal.
I am very thankful and blessed that I haven't had to sell my soul and be anything that I'm not.
I would say it was God blessing my life and giving me the opportunity to do everything I'm doing.
I'm a breath of fresh air, and there hasn't been something this black on TV for a very long time.
With some things, karma is good enough. Lessons come back in different ways, you know what I mean?
I was very lucky - how many people can say they did a song with John Barnes and played football with him?
I'm the prime example of it; think about it, you know. My whole career has blown up by genuine people power.
The reason my management get upset with me the most is that they don't know what's going to come out my mouth.
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'm not from a conventional world, innit? So the fact that I'm getting a chance to express my world in society and TV is epic.
My position in life has always been to be that person in the room who can make the conversation and break down any awkwardness.
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 buried my dad the day I started Craig David's tour. Buried him, got on this tour bus in Stratford, and hit the road. Mixed emotions.
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.
Fans, when they see me, they're like, 'Rah, he's a real funny person,' but everyone who grew up with me is like, 'Rah, that's Fat Tyrone.'
Years ago, when I was making music, I was sending it off to radio stations and getting told it was 'too urban.' But what else am I supposed to make?
If a kid is born into a tough situation with no means of dealing with it, you end up with kids who are mentally ill and have no way of reaching out.
The only diversity in the Brits is with the Americans. I've been saying this for a while: for our country to do good, we need to embrace our country.
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.
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.
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.
Everyone uses grime as a footstool, but imagine Biggie Smalls started doing hip hop, and it started going well, and then he started making RnB: there would be no hip hop!
At 18, I could have not been here. I could have been another statistic. All the odds were in favour of my just going to prison at that age. I had no visions of being a superstar.
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.
Going back about 10 years ago, the only thing a black kid could do to get out of the ghetto was being a sports star. Now we can add music to that, which is a good achievement in itself.
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!
I was like, 'If I bang your thing, will you bang my thing? Will you sing on my album?' And he was like, 'Yeah, of course.' So I've got Robbie Williams on my album. Robbie Williams on grime.
How can I care about needing a visa to travel if the furthest I'm going to travel is the town centre? For a person to care about Brexit - it's only for people who are in a certain state of mind.