Tinie Tempah Quotes

I love electronic music, and I love drum and bass.

I'm a big fan of electronic dance music.

I wrote probably my phattest banging record with Knife Party: 'Pile Driver.'

I've built my whole life around loving music. I'm a writer for 'Rolling Stone,' so I am constantly searching for new bands and soaking up new sounds.

The last time I really got into new music that wasn't heavy metal was probably like... TV on the Radio? I think that was it. That's the last time.

Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great. But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it's like there's no more magic - if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother?

My dad bought a Beatles tape when I was in fifth grade, and that was the first time I ever really - I mean I was into music, but that was the first time it really blew my mind. When I heard the 'Red Compilation,' which wasn't like a proper album, I thought, 'music was more than I had ever thought it was before.'

When I play a song for someone the first time, if I make 'em laugh, I think, 'Yes, I've succeeded.'

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

For me, to turn people on to new music, on to things that are going on in the world, is important.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

I love some electronic music. I'm not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there.

I want to let everyone hear my music and enjoy it, but just as long as it's fun. I'll go as far as until it gets too much like a day job.

For a long time I wasn't actually listening to pop. But when I got back into electronic and hip-hop stuff, I rediscovered my passion for pop music.

I'm making music for people to have fun and party to. I'm also making real music as well. I'm making a lot of pop stuff. I'm definitely just making music for the consumer and the listeners. So shout out to all my fans.

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.

I've always wanted to do a tune with The Prodigy because I'm such a massive fan.

I want to make people dance, I want to make people smile, and I want my music to get played in clubs.

Floating Points plays a lot of music that I don't know, and I like geeking out and trying to find out what the tracks are. His knowledge of house music is pretty deep, and his selection is just amazing. And I think it's a pleasure to listen to his music because it's so perfectly produced.

You could be Top 5 on iTunes, but for people to buy an album, they've got to have a connection with an artist. Every time I bought someone's album, it was about the connection. I was loving everything, from their raps to their style. I wanted to meet them.

Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album.

People send me CDs all the time because I love music. It's great. I listen to them in my dressing room or in my car.

I love Ray Charles. He can still teach everybody a lot about how to make great music. Not necessarily how to make hits, but how to make great music. Of course, part of it is his incredible talent. Who are the greatest jazz singers in the world? Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Ray Charles.

I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.

I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands.