I get bored very quickly.

I have no time for perfection.

Schizophrenia runs in the family.

The royal family don't mean nothing.

I have loyal fans, really loyal fans.

I never compromised myself musically.

I never considered myself a funny person.

What I consider normal ain't really normal.

I've learned to enjoy a very simple lifestyle.

If I wasn't doing music, I might have been a builder.

I never sold out. I never made an album to buy a house.

I would rather hang out with a cleaner than a celebrity.

I used to see a psychiatrist in New York but I got bored.

Unity makes you stronger - you need that in this business.

Because I didn't come from money I didn't know to manage it.

I'm like anyone else, if I'm not having a good time you'll hear it.

As a musician to hang out with a politician, I think it's disgusting.

I would work with someone humble like that guy Peter Andre than Madonna.

9/11 is probably the main reason I didn't release an album for five years.

I've had a bit of a crazy life. So writing lyrics in songs is easy for me.

I never like something too live or too electronic. I'll take a bit of both.

England is very regimented. Go to work, come home from work, go to the pub.

I'd love to be part Apache Indian. But I'm from Bristol. No Apaches there mate.

I can experiment, I can be honest, and honestly, musically, I can't be touched.

Sometimes I could do with a shoulder to cry on, someone to come home and talk to.

I've never been shown how to get rid of my anger. I think I do it through my music.

Sometimes I'm in a bad mood, sometimes I'm in a good mood. It's like everyone else.

I had an uncle who adored Al Green. He was white, but he only listened to black music.

I've a kinship with women. That's why I've always put women in strong positions in music.

I've got one younger brother who can do prison like his breakfast, but I'm not built for it.

When I'm not on tour, my band have to do pantomime. I want to do big gigs to earn them money.

I've met a couple of total wrecks who've loved Bjork and ended up broken hearted. I didn't love her.

I cry at absolutely anything. 'Lethal Weapon,' the fight scene at the end - you can see it on YouTube.

People put you into a category and if you don't fight it you're stuck there for the rest of your life.

Madonna working with Justin Timberlake is supposed be cool but I don't think there's anything cool about it.

I lived in New Jersey in a massive house, not a 50 Cent mansion, but four bedrooms, and I had acres of land.

I don't believe in death. I just don't think all that love and all that energy can just disappear into nothing.

Trip-hop? That's never existed and they say I invented it. Trip-hop is just hip-hop with a girl singing on top.

School is about who you know, but I think it's a form of brainwashing. I learnt to read and write and that was enough.

The music I should be doing is music that you haven't heard before - whether you like it or not. I don't want to just repeat.

Success has got nothing to do with being happy. I've been very rich, and been unhappy, and I've been very poor, and been happy.

I'm hard work to live with. Someone who wants to be my girlfriend has to be totally devoted because I don't give very much back.

She ain't my queen. My grandmother is my queen, and my auntie, my cousin, my daughters... the Queen's never done anything for me.

There's bound to be turbulence in any situation if you're with someone for long enough. Especially if you're with someone like me.

I'm not going to be pretentious and two-faced to get a good review. But that's the kind of thing which gets you a rep in this business.

People used to talk about my lyrical content and not about my music, and to be honest, I think I have got lazy with my lyrics over the years.

I don't like creepy-crawly stuff. Girls can pick up a spider and just chuck it out of the window. No way, I'm not doing that. I actually scream.

Yes, well, on stage I'm a different person, very aggressive, very tense. That's not me because I'm humble and polite, unless someone is rude to me.

I'm not just a kid from Knowle West trying to build a future, I have some experience, I can experiment... and honestly, musically, I can't be touched.

There are certain things you can talk to a partner about and it's someone to lean on. But I refuse to get into a relationship just for the sake of comfort.

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