Top 33 Bugzy Malone Quotes

My music is quite diverse, but it blends Grime, Hip-Hop, Old Skool and other urban genres together.

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.

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

I know that we’ve all got to pass one day but why do the young get took?

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.

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.

My uncle was a gangster in the real gangster days. I witnessed it, I felt it, I smelt it the situation, I was involved. It was like knowing a movie star.

I think being an artist is freedom, and that’s the most important thing.

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

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.

Boxing was my first kind of job.

I feel like it’s my discipline in life that has made my music career so long and successful.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I took up boxing when I needed something to ground me a bit.

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.

The main thing I got wrong in boxing was that I could do all the right things, but I didn’t believe I could do it, and that’s a big chink in your armor.

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

I remember seeing ‘Kill Bill’ when I was younger and I was like ‘wow.’

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

For me, boxing is just a hobby and a science that I enjoy. I enjoy studying it and I’m a fan of the guys that are doing well.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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