Top 64 Quotes & Sayings by Slowthai
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Slowthai.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Anywhere you go, where people are at the bottom, we've all got the same outlook on life and want to strive for more.
Life shouldn't be something that's draining and long.
The thing for me is, if I wanted a co-sign, then I would rather the co-sign be to me personally than on social media. That way, it's just someone I respect telling me they respect what I'm doing.
There's no cowboys in England.
The more time you spend in London, the more you become a Londoner.
If I have a voice to shine light on things or draw attention or provoke, as an artist people look to - I should do that.
I want to connect with people that feel unseen.
I appreciate film and stuff that's visually pleasing.
I feel like I want to make everyone happy. I want everyone around me to be happy.
The first musical thing I remember someone recommending to me is probably Ludacris - the one where he has massive arms in the music video. 'Get Back.' It was recommended to me by my cousin, who's now my manager.
I don't believe in the whole thing of staying anywhere - we are meant to explore, to travel, and meant to spread our roots.
You need to be your own biggest fan before anyone else can be.
I'm about love and unity, always.
My music just stands for being true to who you are.
I think life's about the experiences, and variety is the spice of life.
Once you get to a certain age, if you have resentment towards people, it only affects you.
As long as I'm happy, I don't care about accolades or anything else.
The most iconic applause I've ever seen is from a Michael Jackson show in Japan - his entrance is actually 15 minutes long, and the crowd is clapping the whole time.
I like to have something that makes me want to write. Otherwise, I'm just writing for the sake of it. I feel like if I've got something to say, I'll say it the right way.
I love this country, but I feel like we're losing sight of who actually holds the power and what makes us great: it's the people, the communities, the small places that are forgotten, everyone that's striving.
People feel like they have to hide their true colors to please the people around them.
I have to carve my own way. Build. It takes time.
It doesn't matter what you believe in or where you're from. It doesn't matter what group you're in: we're all the same. We all end up in the same-sized box.
If you don't embrace the bad, you can never truly embrace the good and be grateful and have gratitude for the tiniest things.
I always felt just that I didn't fit into certain groups.
The only queen I know is my mum.
Community and families are what we're neglecting. This is what's holding us back as people, and instead, we want to look at everything else.
My mum raised me - love her to pieces.
I get knighted in the school of life. Like Braveheart.
The mystery is cool, but, at the same time, if I'm trying to empower people, I have to be an open book. You can see my flaws, the mistakes I've made. From that, make your own judgment and move on your own path.
I spend my life around people that are, like, bad people, if you want, and then deep down they're not. It's just the circumstances they've been given. A majority of people that are standoffish, it's because they lack the feeling that they're connecting to anything or that there's opportunity for them to get anything.
I've never had big diamonds; I never had big cars.
Daniel Johnston is someone I discovered on YouTube that's weird but wonderful.
I'm about growth for myself. So if I've made a lot of mistakes, and I haven't learnt from them, then I've failed as a human being.
Music's the biggest way of connecting people.
As a man, you will never know how a woman feels.
I always want to talk about real life, not about material possessions. I've got to tell the story of the people for the people and not for celebrity or fame.
I feel like when people are talking about how they make music or how they are the biggest rapper, I don't understand how that's relatable to people.
I just want to put the power back to the people.
I can find the worst thing in the world funny. My humour is dark. If I'm talking about the worst situations in my life, it's like a comedy - you can laugh at my pain.
I was always inspired by the people I was around, like the older people spitting in my area or in Northampton, but I just always wanted to be better than the people that was around me.
I don't want to follow in the footsteps of anybody that went before, because they didn't do what I want to do.
I think one of the most important things is just being outside and in touch with nature. You need it!
A woman can't teach a man how to be a man. But she can teach you how to nurture, how to care, how to love, and how to give.
Take everything that's bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don't ever see your glass as half-empty.
Spend time in your head and figure yourself out. Start taking note of all the things you do that you don't like, and then you're more conscious of it, and you learn.
I think blood doesn't determine who your family is.
My mum is quite young, so we actually have similar taste in music.
Growing up, I was a big boxing and wrestling fan. I love people like the Undertaker and Prince Naseem: they knew how to make a big entrance!
It's a primitive thing, kings and queens.
If you've paid your hard-earned money to see a gig, you want to be entertained. That's what I wanna give my fans.
I've already done things I never believed I would. Even stepping out of Northampton and being in London - London always seemed like the big city I might go to for Carnival, go for a party and a chill and then head home.
I don't believe dying's a sad thing.
I don't wanna ever make jingles. I wanna do something that changes people's opinions and provokes thought and makes them think about how they should live their life and how they can better themselves and empower themselves.
I don't like being pigeonholed. Why would you want to limit yourself to one style or one genre? Labels are something I want to avoid. I've had it my whole life, being pushed into a place, a circumstance or situation I didn't want to be in. My motivation has always been to get away from it.
I love the Queen. I love the whole fairy tale of the Royal Family; the Crown Jewels; Buckingham Palace; the tourist attraction. But really, is that what we've got a monarchy for? It's just for tourism, and then you survive and live off taxpayers' money?
I don't really like reading: I like seeing and touching images.
I don't get all these pop stars who sit on the fence when they're asked for an opinion. People are scared of speaking out. They're too worried about the consequences - like they might lose a few fans if they give a serious opinion.
I don't wanna be a Londoner! Growing up, that was hell - being one of them kids who wears Air Force 1s and that. It made me feel sick.
I feel like as long as I bring people together, and we all have a love for life and a love for ourselves, I feel like that's what it's all about.
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