116 Quotes by Tinie Tempah

I’m starting to think about my life, thinking about where I’m going to be in three years time: who I’m going to be with, where I’m going to be situated myself.

When I feel like I’m renowned enough, I’d love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.

I was like 14 and decided I wanted to be a rapper, so I needed a hip rapper name. I was with one of my friends in class and literally went through a thesaurus. I saw “temper” and thought, “I like this, but it’s too much.” My friend was like, “What about Tinie for tiny,” and that was that.

Grime is a particular style of music. You’ve got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It’s constantly evolving.

A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don’t believe they’re possible.

Maybe when it comes to my music, or my performances, I’m a little more aggressive because I want everything to be perfect. But not in normal, day-to-day life.

Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been.

I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her congratulations and whatnot and she let me hold her BRIT. That was amazing - once I'd touched one for the first time, I said 'This cannot be the last time I touch a BRIT.'