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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I can’t say that I am not driven by success or have a fear of being successful. But for me, the ultimate thing is just about being good at what I do. Because if I made an album that I didn’t really like and it was super successful then I wouldn’t happy within. That’s the kind of person I am. Kano Read Quote
I don’t agree with any form of butler, so definitely not a robot one. It’s lazy, so a bad idea. Kano Read Quote
Lyrics came quite easy early on in my career. But I always wanted to push it further and stand out a bit more. We were coming from the garage era when lyrics were simplified, purposefully, to work in the club environment. They were about hyping up a crowd or bigging up a DJ. Moving into grime, our lyrics became more in-depth. Kano Read Quote
I’m always working out how people perceive me, and that’s a hard thing to navigate sometimes. Kano Read Quote
New Banger’ is a statement, but it is more about giving the DJs something for the clubs. I think it should have a lot of club longevity as a tune. Kano Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Both are about telling stories and bringing truth to those stories. In most of my music it’s firsthand experience, and some of the same rules apply in TV. The difference in music is the control, whereas doing this, it’s someone else’s words that you can play in your own way. Kano Read Quote
