I used to think my accent was blocking me, and I hated it. Then I went to America, and every time someone said, 'What? Can you say that again?' I started liking it.

Skepta

Categorized in : You Me Think Time

After touring so much, I was looking for some peace. I found Morocco, and it was perfect. Everything I wanted to feel about peace, I found it there.

looking feel perfect peace

'No fear' is a mindset that I stand for. It's the reason why I've got to where I am today.

stand i-am fear today

I'm winning even if I have zero pence in my bank account, because my mind's free.

bank free mind winning

For a long time, men weren't respecting women. They weren't understanding Mother Earth, Mother Nature, the Motherland, all the motherly stuff. And now we are.

women nature mother men

If you don't put your crew on your album, you're a snake.

snake your you crew

The star, the person who's on the mic, always gets seen.

seen person star always

I was like, 'I can't do grime. That's for kids.' - I was 20 at the time, and I thought I was a gangsta, a proper rude boy.

boy thought rude time

Songwriting has really allowed me to enjoy life and look at it from an objective place.

look me enjoy-life life

I am blessed to have been able to travel the world doing what I do.

i-am blessed world travel

When I do music videos, I like to do a take, then see how it looks, so I can correct it.

see music i-can looks

All the other rappers around me aren't saying anything worthwhile. They're lost in rap: all they do is tell you they're a sick MC and they're better than you. I don't want to look like all these other little punk, dress-up, fake, manufactured artists. I'm not a rapper. I'm an activist.

look me you sick

Getting in touch with your life purpose is important.

your important purpose life

In school, I wasn't like the cool guy who had all the new clothes and had all the girls. I felt like the world saw me as an idiot.

cool me world school

I feel like the Earth is a re-print of a re-print of a print of a re-print.

i-feel-like feel like earth

Don't compare me to Stormzy. Me and Stormzy are both legends in our own right.

own me legends compare

I am for feminism. I stand up for women standing up for themselves in the same way I stand up for being black.

i-am women black way

Even with the 'Top Boy' series with Ashley Walters... I've been talking like on the creative direction wave with Drake about the series. Making greatness with it. The whole style of what's going on in London, the sound, is real. It's an actual thing that actually happened. So it deserves to be on the telly.

direction boy style greatness

Bullying is bullying, man. Even the biggest of the bullies got bullied. And what was happening in school comes from the media, innit? It comes from TV and society.

man bullying society school

Adele texts me all the time and keeps me in check.

check keeps me time

It's important for anybody who finds success to show other people where to find it.

find important success people