A lot of people who have been perceiving my music have been trying to formulate a genre for it, and I think it’s just a natural thing; it doesn’t need to be categorized. It doesn’t need to be sectioned, if you will. King Krule Read Quote
I’ve got rid of a lot of cynicism and anger. I feel positive about my development, and I just want to carry on making music and building myself as a person. King Krule Read Quote
Because the Internet’s there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot of Fela Kuti videos, just to see how he performed. He inspired me a lot, actually, because he was a man of many words, many good words. King Krule Read Quote
Jazz is more raw than punk in a lot of ways. It’s so expressive. A lot of people say to me, especially older people, ‘It took me ages to get into jazz.’ King Krule Read Quote
I changed from ‘Zoo Kid’ to ‘King Krule’ mainly because I didn’t want to be called a ‘Kid’ when I was 20, so I just thought I’d get rid of that alias and change it now while I’m younger. I wanted to change it quick. and ‘King Krule’ was the first thing that came into my head. King Krule Read Quote
I went through quite a few establishments that maybe weren’t great for myself – security units, youth-offender places. I guess that was going to the lions’ den. Social services said, ‘You’ve got to go to some sort of school.’ King Krule Read Quote
I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don’t hear my voice and think, ‘Yeah, that’s a banging voice!’ It’s more about putting the right emotions into the right words and the lyrics than anything else to me. King Krule Read Quote
I want to get more and more sophisticated. I’m ready to go from being a kid to being a king. King Krule Read Quote
