101 Quotes by Kano

Grime don't mean nothing, we never called it grime. It's just a word someone associated with us. I wouldn't say all my music's grimy.

The first time I ever played Glastonbury I would have never have thought that a grime artist would have ever headlined it.

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

Sometimes I feel like distance helps observation.

Reggae was always playing at home in East Ham when I was growing up. Loud music would be coming from the bedroom, and downstairs all you'd hear was the bass. My uncles had sound systems and we used to go to Jamaica a lot as a family.

I believe in education, but I think the balance has to be right between theory and practical experience. I think from secondary school onwards it should be more about preparing you for life and work in the real world.

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

I'm a thinker as much as I'm a talker.

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