I think when you come to Australia you immediately get the sense of fitness and taking care of yourself and being healthy, and it really shows.

- Tinie Tempah

I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.

- 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

I'm into everything. My iPod is very eclectic - if you kept it on shuffle, you'd be amazed. For example, I was forced to grow up on Dolly Parton. My mum was obsessed by her. She bought all this memorabilia for the front room. It's ridiculous.

- Tinie Tempah

I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.

- 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

I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.

- Tinie Tempah

I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.

- Tinie Tempah

I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier.

- Tinie Tempah

I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million.

- Tinie Tempah

People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are.

- Tinie Tempah

I pray as much as possible.

- Tinie Tempah

I don't want to achieve less than my mum and dad.

- Tinie Tempah

I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.

- Tinie Tempah

Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last.

- Tinie Tempah

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

- 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

Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music.

- Tinie Tempah

I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to do... I guess that's why people connect with the music.

- Tinie Tempah

I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring up their children there. So they saved up money and bought a house in Plumstead, semi-detached, three bedrooms.

- Tinie Tempah