52 Quotes by Labrinth

Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.

I don't want to be someone that, when people look back, they think, 'Yeah, cool, he made us jump around for a bit in 2010.'

When you make a record, I always imagine people dancing to it. If the chef thinks it tastes good, then there will be someone who ultimately believes the same thing.

I'm a hundred percent a rock n' roll guy.

It's a lot easier producing for people or being in the background, and they can take all the fire from the front. But in order to express the ideas that I have without any kind of contamination, I thought it would be a cool thing to be out front.

My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great.

I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts.

My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want.

I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over.