38 Quotes by Bugzy Malone

Being from a different city is my USP - my unique selling point.

I'm a professional with very little time on my hands. I've got better things to be doing than buying a pint of milk.

I've got an audience now. They found me. I didn't go looking for them. I feel my music brought them all in.

Growing up I used to watch documentaries on people like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson. I've grown up fascinated with legends and legacies.

When you're coming from outside London, you know, you better be something special if you expect people to take you seriously. I broke the mould; I made it possible.

I've always been somebody that wanted to become somebody. And I think, with Bugzy Malone, that's me, that's who I am.

In the beginning of my career I was so tough on myself, because I knew I had to cement my brand, and I wasn't very kind to myself.

Boxing is one of the hardest jobs in the world, so when I found my career path, what I'd learnt in the boxing gym meant I was head and shoulders above everybody else.

I've been doing a lot of training and that's that. Boxing, weights, just been working.

It's hard to be creative and to see your potential when you've not even got ground zero, when you've not even got the foundations to be able to express yourself.

When you're from a background where you've seen your mum beaten up in front of you, you're a dysfunctional human being. You deal with humiliation different. You deal with not understanding different. School is a hard environment and you get squeezed out of it. That's what happened to me.

There needs to be a ruthlessness in the pursuit otherwise the first sign of a challenge and you just give up!

Money is a token, money buys freedom, it don't necessarily buy happiness and I've still got things I'm overcoming in my own mind, but money will buy you the freedom to not have to work as many hours. Money will buy you the freedom to spend more time with your family.

Boxing was my first kind of job.

Music was a great way for me to express myself, there's topics I talk about in my songs, which I wouldn't have a conversation about in real life.

The writing and recording process is what I enjoy, it allows me to be creative and work with different artists and producers.

Oasis allowed me to use lyrics from 'Wonderwall,' so I'm super gassed to re-version the track and get it to a new audience, as it's a classic.

I'm trying to create art out of the pain that I've experienced.

That's what we're taught to do in Britain - you protect your castle.

Collyhurst and Moston was where I learned about professionalism. I'd never had a job prior to walking in the gym, and I witnessed the hard work that went into being a boxer.

I came from a background where there wasn't loads of money in the family so I wasn't necessarily always the first to get jerseys but I did always make sure I had the England kit.

Music was more fitted to my temperament. If you were feeling sad and down in the boxing gym, you'd get hit more than you would on a normal day. If you're feeling sad and down and you're sitting in front of a computer with beats, you might make the best song you've ever made.

I've come from an area where people's parents aren't so financially secure, so I link my origins to that struggle.

Training is a part of being the best version of yourself and you need to be the best version of yourself to be successful.

I'm running my own business, my own record label, so I'm always dealing with heavy amounts of stress.

Each night is a different audience so I've got to be top each night.

One of my intentions is to - off the back of my success - show people outside of London that any of us can be successful.

I've put projects out on my own label twice now and been very successful which shows you don't need a major label to back you in this day and age.

I don't have to commit crimes, I don't have to do anything like that to try and make money.

You suffer from trauma from the things that you've been through because you come from a poverty-stricken background. There are a lot of us like that.

Grime music is still a young culture in itself. And my goal is to move it on to a more respected place.

My earliest memories of football were watching and being taught about the legends. Hearing about the likes of Diego Maradona and Pele and watching them on VHS tapes.

There's nothing good about jail. Having your freedom taken off you... It's nothing to be proud of and it's not any fun no matter how you passed the time.

My mum always wanted me to have a career. Now she says that I've gone and got myself the best one in the world.

Boxing's one of the most difficult jobs in the world, so nothing but respect for these guys who literally put their lives on the line every time they get into the ring.

I've been able to change my life, change some of my friends' lives, my family's life.