Stormzy Quotes

My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.

I never listened to country music growing up.

I obviously had my reggae, but I got quite into rockabilly when I was a kid, because I was trying to find something that represented me as a white person.

I was raised on pop music.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

Brendon's more of a Peter Gabriel fan, and I'm more of a Ray Davies fan.

I think the average country music fan grew up the same exact way that all the artists did, listening to hip-hop and country and R&B and pop and whatever it may be.

I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.

I was raised on pop music. Anything classical ran together in a complicated blur.

We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores - lots of soul music.

I wouldn't really say I'm a jazz guy, which I'm not.

I love Johnny Cash but I don't love country music that much.

My parents are music fans, even though neither of them play an instrument. I was exposed to their record collection, so I love everything from Joni Mitchell to Bruce Springsteen.

I listen to Lil Wayne, and then I listen to Merle Haggard.

I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.

I never liked blues and I really didn't like jazz. I liked Chuck Berry.

I didn't really grow up listening to blues, because I grew up in the Northwest. It wasn't really the center for blues.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music.

My father was not really into popular music; I had to learn about that for myself.

People always tell me I'm the complete opposite of Chief Keef and act like I'm supposed to stop him from making his music. But I like Chief Keef, so it's always super awkward. I just make music I like.

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes.