99 Quotes by Tricky

I'm straight-up with people.

Success has got nothing to do with being happy. I've been very rich, and been unhappy, and I've been very poor, and been happy.

I'm not going to be pretentious and two-faced to get a good review. But that's the kind of thing which gets you a rep in this business.

If someone is cool to me, I'll be cool to them.

I always thought you went out and entertained people and got nothing back in return. But in the last year, I've realised that what the crowd gives you is so amazing, that sometimes I just stand onstage and cry.

I grew up in a mixed-race family in Bristol. My cousin was this white guy who was interested in Parliament, Marc Bolan, Bowie. His friends were football thugs and while I was getting ready for bed, they'd be listening to all that music. When I was older, I'd go to a Jamaican sound system and there were no white people.

Yes, well, on stage I'm a different person, very aggressive, very tense. That's not me because I'm humble and polite, unless someone is rude to me.

Unity makes you stronger - you need that in this business.

When I'm not on tour, my band have to do pantomime. I want to do big gigs to earn them money.