Top 45 Big Narstie Quotes

You’re only as good as your options and your surroundings.

If I haven’t rested, or I haven’t slept or had food or done the normal basic things as a human being, how could I stand in front of a camera and do stuff, you know what I mean? It’s mad!

Especially in our industry, everything is so prim and proper; you’ll never really see anyone show their sad side, because everyone wants to be perfect.

Every man deserves a castle; doesn’t matter how big your castle is.

I was very lucky – how many people can say they did a song with John Barnes and played football with him?

Grime’s always been big at festivals. Grime’s always had an underground crew.

I’m not really a comedian, innit; I just naturally say things which people class as funny.

I was like, ‘If I bang your thing, will you bang my thing? Will you sing on my album?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, of course.’ So I’ve got Robbie Williams on my album. Robbie Williams on grime.

‘The Big Narstie Show’ is, basically, Channel 4 gave me a good amount of dough to be myself.

I buried my dad the day I started Craig David’s tour. Buried him, got on this tour bus in Stratford, and hit the road. Mixed emotions.

I appreciate both good and bad – I don’t want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

None of my friends go to places like Selfridges. I’m a regular at the pound shop!

I’ve got the best style out of all the MC’s, so wear what I wear.

There were times when I couldn’t even buy a loaf of bread.

I’m scared of fish – the way they look at you.

If you’re wearing Reebok classics, then you’re going through a midlife crisis. I don’t want to catch you wearing these in the rave.

When I’m romantic, I’ll make minted lamb. Yeah, man, I do have my romantic moments.

Being an artist comes with responsibility as well. You want people to come to your shows and feel safe.

I’m not from a conventional world, innit? So the fact that I’m getting a chance to express my world in society and TV is epic.

Everyone uses grime as a footstool, but imagine Biggie Smalls started doing hip hop, and it started going well, and then he started making RnB: there would be no hip hop!

At 18, I could have not been here. I could have been another statistic. All the odds were in favour of my just going to prison at that age. I had no visions of being a superstar.

I’ve created a new sound. I’ve actually brought back dancing and vibes; it’s more universal.

Sometimes I just want to sit in my boxer shorts and cry. That’s what being a human is.

I come from Lambeth, Brixton.

I don’t really know what I’m doing that’s making everybody happy.

No, I wouldn’t let Trump on my stage… I’d just rather fight him in the car park.

I am very thankful and blessed that I haven’t had to sell my soul and be anything that I’m not.

I’m my production team’s biggest nightmare.

Grime is now a very talkable subject.

The only way you can learn is by analysing yourself and taking in your mistakes.

I’m a breath of fresh air, and there hasn’t been something this black on TV for a very long time.

I wasn’t meant to be famous. I’ve been blessed.

The reason my management get upset with me the most is that they don’t know what’s going to come out my mouth.

I’m gonna show the world how to do proper football reporting, Narstie-style.

My kitchen is an imitation, really, of my mum’s, except for the big American fridge.

With some things, karma is good enough. Lessons come back in different ways, you know what I mean?

I would say ‘The Big Narstie Show’ is the United Colours of Benetton; it’s for everyone. But I would definitely say that it has a black appeal, because that’s what I am.

It’s OK to have up days. It’s OK to have down days. But especially remember it’s OK to talk to people and let them know you’re not OK. Don’t think it’s something you have to keep to yourself to fit in or to be normal. There’s no such thing as normal.

Fans, when they see me, they’re like, ‘Rah, he’s a real funny person,’ but everyone who grew up with me is like, ‘Rah, that’s Fat Tyrone.’

I prefer my dog to humans.

Going back about 10 years ago, the only thing a black kid could do to get out of the ghetto was being a sports star. Now we can add music to that, which is a good achievement in itself.

The danger is that the artists who’ll put grime into the commercial and public eye will put grime at the back of their closets and jump on another genre of music.

Years ago, when I was making music, I was sending it off to radio stations and getting told it was ‘too urban.’ But what else am I supposed to make?

I’m in front of cameras a lot; I’m used to it.

The only diversity in the Brits is with the Americans. I’ve been saying this for a while: for our country to do good, we need to embrace our country.