106 Quotes by Dizzee Rascal

I don't like to be picked on. Growing up where I did you learn to fight.

No U.K. rapper has been in my position; there are loads of big rappers like Tinie Tempah or Skepta, but no one has done what I have: had mainstream success with underground music and pop music.

I was making grime before anyone else.

The name Dirtee Stank came from a lyric I had when I was 17 or 16. Lyrical tank, like my name was Frank, going on dirty, going on stank. It sounded like a good name!

My London is racy. Hyper. Unpredictable. Uncontrollable. Er. Intense.

Seeing different sides of life, seeing different sides of society, that's what London's all about. When I was young my mum always tried to make me do that.

I'm going to be big like Michael Jackson.

As a kid, I felt I had it bad - and people where I came from did - but if I'd been in a similar position in America, it could've been 10 times worse. We have the NHS. We don't have slums like I've seen in the Deep south, or shocking intolerance.

I made hardcore music and that came kind of easy - it was what I knew. But it was a challenge for me to make a big pop tune.