Top 40 Slowthai Quotes

If you’ve paid your hard-earned money to see a gig, you want to be entertained. That’s what I wanna give my fans.

The most iconic applause I’ve ever seen is from a Michael Jackson show in Japan – his entrance is actually 15 minutes long, and the crowd is clapping the whole time.

I always want to talk about real life, not about material possessions. I’ve got to tell the story of the people for the people and not for celebrity or fame.

I can find the worst thing in the world funny. My humour is dark. If I’m talking about the worst situations in my life, it’s like a comedy – you can laugh at my pain.

I spend my life around people that are, like, bad people, if you want, and then deep down they’re not. It’s just the circumstances they’ve been given. A majority of people that are standoffish, it’s because they lack the feeling that they’re connecting to anything or that there’s opportunity for them to get anything.

Growing up, I was a big boxing and wrestling fan. I love people like the Undertaker and Prince Naseem: they knew how to make a big entrance!

I think life’s about the experiences, and variety is the spice of life.

Anywhere you go, where people are at the bottom, we’ve all got the same outlook on life and want to strive for more.

I don’t get all these pop stars who sit on the fence when they’re asked for an opinion. People are scared of speaking out. They’re too worried about the consequences – like they might lose a few fans if they give a serious opinion.

I think one of the most important things is just being outside and in touch with nature. You need it!

I’m about love and unity, always.

I always felt just that I didn’t fit into certain groups.

The thing for me is, if I wanted a co-sign, then I would rather the co-sign be to me personally than on social media. That way, it’s just someone I respect telling me they respect what I’m doing.

I don’t like being pigeonholed. Why would you want to limit yourself to one style or one genre? Labels are something I want to avoid. I’ve had it my whole life, being pushed into a place, a circumstance or situation I didn’t want to be in. My motivation has always been to get away from it.

I don’t wanna be a Londoner! Growing up, that was hell – being one of them kids who wears Air Force 1s and that. It made me feel sick.

Music’s the biggest way of connecting people.

The mystery is cool, but, at the same time, if I’m trying to empower people, I have to be an open book. You can see my flaws, the mistakes I’ve made. From that, make your own judgment and move on your own path.

The first musical thing I remember someone recommending to me is probably Ludacris – the one where he has massive arms in the music video. ‘Get Back.’ It was recommended to me by my cousin, who’s now my manager.

I was always inspired by the people I was around, like the older people spitting in my area or in Northampton, but I just always wanted to be better than the people that was around me.

I feel like as long as I bring people together, and we all have a love for life and a love for ourselves, I feel like that’s what it’s all about.

The only queen I know is my mum.

I don’t wanna ever make jingles. I wanna do something that changes people’s opinions and provokes thought and makes them think about how they should live their life and how they can better themselves and empower themselves.

As a man, you will never know how a woman feels.

I love the Queen. I love the whole fairy tale of the Royal Family; the Crown Jewels; Buckingham Palace; the tourist attraction. But really, is that what we’ve got a monarchy for? It’s just for tourism, and then you survive and live off taxpayers’ money?

I don’t really like reading: I like seeing and touching images.

I feel like I want to make everyone happy. I want everyone around me to be happy.

I don’t want to follow in the footsteps of anybody that went before, because they didn’t do what I want to do.

I don’t believe in the whole thing of staying anywhere – we are meant to explore, to travel, and meant to spread our roots.

I appreciate film and stuff that’s visually pleasing.

I want to connect with people that feel unseen.

My mum raised me – love her to pieces.

Take everything that’s bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don’t ever see your glass as half-empty.

There’s no cowboys in England.

It doesn’t matter what you believe in or where you’re from. It doesn’t matter what group you’re in: we’re all the same. We all end up in the same-sized box.

I just want to put the power back to the people.

I never want to make one type of music. You wouldn’t just eat sushi for the rest of your life – there’s so much more food.

I think blood doesn’t determine who your family is.

If you don’t embrace the bad, you can never truly embrace the good and be grateful and have gratitude for the tiniest things.

A woman can’t teach a man how to be a man. But she can teach you how to nurture, how to care, how to love, and how to give.

I don’t believe dying’s a sad thing.