I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money.

In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

There is only one thing that could make me near homicidal. Yeah - this is called My Proper Tea.

I'd always written rhymes but I was scared to share them. They stayed on paper or in my head, until I started going to watch battles and eventually thought to myself, "I'm definitely as good as some of these guys, and maybe even better than them".

I just love the subversion of dialogue in sitcoms, stand-up is monologue and that is entertaining for a lot of people but personally I find it a bit trying, which is a weird thing to say as a stand-up! I love people aping normal conversation and twisting it so it becomes hilarious.

I think everybody wants to be the best at what they do and for me I was never really there, plus it was in a time that just preceded the insanity of internet promotion around 2005 and 2006. Obviously through the digital revolution things have moved very quickly and a lot of artists got left behind.

With this kind of camera-phone madness we have got, moments are diluted into self-contained edited experiences.