48 Kano Quotes for You to Enjoy

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Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy. Kano

Music Word Nothing Say Someone Never Just Mean Us Associated

I don't agree with any form of butler, so definitely not a robot one. It's lazy, so a bad idea. Kano

Robot Definitely Bad Bad Idea Lazy Idea Any Form Agree Butler

Drake can do that well, he can have the hottest tune every summer for the next 20 years, and that's how he does his things. But naaaaah, I might go away for three years, you know what I mean? Kano

Starting out, when I was on pirate radio, or even around 2005 when I was supporting Mike Skinner at Brixton Academy, I never really saw myself being able to play my own show there. Kano

Myself Own Saw Out Able My Own Never Supporting Academy Around Pirate Being Really Mike Show Radio Even Play Starting

I would go to college and people would know me from the rave they went to at the weekend. So I would get a bit of respect. But I would always go to class and do my work. My mother made sure of that. Kano

Work Me Class Respect People Mother Made College Bit Would Weekend Rave Know Sure Always Go Get

I've got a friend who went to jail in 2004 just before my first album came out. I'm on TV, and they're inside, looking at me like I'm 50 Cent. They think I'm killing it, earning mad dough every day. I'm sending him trainers and that, but it's not enough, because he thinks I should be doing more. Kano

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The Wire' was from a police perspective - in terms of the streets and that, it was probably like, thirty per cent. 'Top Boy' is really from the perspective of the quote-unquote criminal. It's getting into the mind of these people and why they do what they do. It's bigger than just 'Woke up and wanted to be bad one day.' Kano

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As a boy, I was known for reciting whole songs after one listen. I've always had a good memory for lyrics. It's weird because I don't have a good memory for other things. I remember lyrics easier than the shopping list. Kano

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I can clearly hear a lot of grime influence on Timbaland's stuff, on some of Drake's flows. Kano

Drake I Can Some Stuff Clearly Hear Lot Influence Flows

My first bars were about wrestling! That was basically all I knew back then. Kano

First Back About Wrestling Knew Were Then Bars Basically

You know, I was going to be a footballer at one stage, but... nah. Kano

You Stage Footballer Know Going

Grime, in particular, is not really about pirate radio and local raves on top of pubs anymore. There are things I miss about those times but as an up-and-coming MC, back then, I would have loved to have had SoundCloud and YouTube and all these platforms to promote my music. Kano

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