I'm just used to having so much control in music and in acting you have to give that up a bit. Sure, our voices are heard on set, but at the end of the day you can lose an argument. Whereas in music, if I feel the second verse needs to be changed I can change it. I find it really hard as an artist to give up some of that control.

I'm just trying to humanise situations and represent voices that aren't being represented.

There's so much talent around here, east London in particular is full of talent. Whether that be boxing or football or music.

I'm always working out how people perceive me, and that's a hard thing to navigate sometimes.

I would be extremely surprised if David Cameron watched 'Top Boy.' But maybe he should. Maybe he should.

I feel a lot of hip-hop videos are all about portraying a lifestyle that the artist doesn't even live.

You fight for your character in the script. It's part of our job to evolve them, show all sides of them.

For me, writing and creating music can be quite a solitary thing.

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

There's an energy in people coming together and singing.

I think music is great at posing a question. It doesn't always have to give the answer, but it can open the dialogue.

I don't think groundbreaking shows such as 'Top Boy' are made every day.

See, I'm not a very open person, face-to-face. I'm no good at sharing my feelings with others, good or bad. I kind of close up. Music is the only time I can open up and actually say things.

I don't get nervous.

I have to go into the studio to make my second album knowing I'm making an album. When I first started making songs I didn't have an album in mind, that's why a lot of them I like - I'm talking about how I haven't got a deal, how I'm living, you can never really top the first time, but we'll see how it goes.

I'm a big fan of D Double E who always used MCing styles that other people weren't.

Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.

I feel it's important to create moments, especially in a time where things are so throwaway.

I usually hate the whole process of pitching and making videos. I've had so many made and I only like about two of them.

The key to acting well is to allow yourself to be vulnerable.

Ultimately, I want people to be inspired.

If my way of connecting with the younger generation was to do what they do, they would see through it straight away. I have to keep it real to be who I am, and I think they see that.

American racism seems to be a lot more in the open. The U.K. is different but it obviously still exists.

I probably pay more attention to politics than what I used to.

I don't see myself as a political artist, but certain issues mean a lot to me.

David Cameron? He's not my guy.

If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

Nothing in life is promised except death.

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

We came into a broken world. And we're the cleanup crew.

People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

I'm a human being. I've got opinions, I'm not always right, I'm not always on time, I don't always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure.

Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them.

Our work is never over.

Every time I say something that's extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet.

I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.

I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately. That's just a warning. To everyone.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

Fashion is merely an opinion. And I've got a lot of opinions.