I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.

I am the bridge between the East and the West. I don't want to abandon one for the other.

Now, [hip-hop/grime artists] Stormzy, Skepta, or the Section Boyz have to be validated by Drake, Rihanna or Beyoncé. They're rolled into this one urban culture bubble; it's not really to do with, "I'm specifically f - ked off about my country and what's going on in my town." We're very much only showing success to artists who impress American artists, and I'm one of them.

Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?

You have to constantly redefine who you are.

With homogenized culture, even if you feel frustrated, you'd have to write a Taylor Swift song to get heard.