36 Quotes by Tones and I

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    There was a lot of times when I was busking there were a lot of people in your face, like 'More, more! Go again, again, again!'... People were so used to be able to swipe to see something different to entertain themselves that the patience had diminished.

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    Just because my song was being played on the radio didn't mean I had a load of money. You don't get royalties overnight.

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    The radio doesn't want to play you until you're No.1 on Shazam, and you can't get No.1 on Shazam without getting played.

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    When I was busking, when I was paying for petrol with silver coins or when I was sneaking into hostels so I could park my van up and sleep in it, I had the best time of my life.

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    I worked in retail for a bit and then I busked for two years. As soon as I started, I thought, 'I'll do busking until I'm 50 because this is the best job in the world.'

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    People were trying to write songs to knock Lil Nas X off his perch; I didn't try to do that.

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    I have confidence in the songs that I've written and I'm not going to change anything.

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