Author Profile
Tinie Tempah
1988 • English • Musician
57
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Collected Meditations
Showing 57 quotesThe way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.— Tinie Tempah
When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.— Tinie Tempah
If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to feel that they should long for the opportunity to go somewhere really smart and wear a beautiful suit, rather than to reject that.— Tinie Tempah
This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear.— Tinie Tempah
Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams.— Tinie Tempah
My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better!— Tinie Tempah
At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.— Tinie Tempah
Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger.— Tinie Tempah
I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.— Tinie Tempah
When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.— Tinie Tempah
I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others.— Tinie Tempah
I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.— Tinie Tempah
I enjoyed my upbringing, my siblings did, we're polite, we're respectful, but at the end of the day we're young, we like to have fun. But now, more so than ever, the youth has been vilified to the point where it feels like you can't enjoy being young any more, you just have to sit it out and wait until you get old.— Tinie Tempah