“Seeing different sides of life, seeing different sides of society, tha...” — Dizzee Rascal Quote

Seeing different sides of life, seeing different sides of society, that's what London's all about. When I was young my mum always tried to make me do that.

I grew up on the pirate radio scene which started out as drum 'n' bass music. U.K. garage picked up and got bigger on the back end of that.

People who criticise me are just jealous.

Barack Obama embraced hip-hop, man. That's the way he got through to kids.

If you are going to work, you might as well follow your heart, because nothing in life is easy and if it's going to be hard, it might as well be what you really want.

I feel like I have this really cool journey that I get to show all these different sides to Carmella.

Well, you know, it's been interesting because an album is just a snapshot of where you are at that time. Not all pictures of everybody are just in jeans and a 'T' shirt, or a ball gown. You have many different sides and this is a snapshot of where you are at that time.

I knew from an early age that people didn't see the different sides of me. I formulated a kind of bi-cultural identity quite early, and I was always very comfortable with it, but I knew people didn't quite see that.

I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.