Dizzee Rascal Quotes

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.

As I'm growing, so is my music.

People forget that, as artists, you are constantly looking to evolve and grow.

I just wanna make more music, legit music as opposed to keeping the same constant thing. I wanna show growth in the music, pretty much.

If you look at the difference between the first Clash record and 'Combat Rock,' what an evolution.

I've tended to look at my albums as research and development. I was just trying to get someplace new on each one.

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

I've grown a lot since my first record came out - even since 'Back II da Basics' was released in 2005.

The music is the same if you go all the way back to the first albums I made or the middle or whatever. The thing that's different is the lyrics.

The way people receive our music is different and some people may say that our music is not metal. But I feel that those reviews allow us to challenge ourselves and gives us an opportunity to grow even more.

All my albums are evolutions, one on top of the other.

Each album we [The Replacements] made was the one we were capable of making and wanted to make at the time. Each one was a progression or, depending on your opinion, a sidestep or tumble forward. I don't know what.

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.

I'm growing as an artist and expanding my range, and not pigeonholing myself by doing the same thing, over and over.

But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese.

I think every artist's next work will reflect a new chapter in their autobiography. Each album tells a story about where they were at during a particular period and how they have evolved.

I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different.

I think being a little older and a little more determined and being a little more evolved in my case and maturity in the kind of music I was doing and how I was doing it really helped to keep me grounded and with an audience that could appreciate what I was doing, who grew with me and evolved with me and kept me alive and around.

What I love about each album is the opportunity to expand on what we've done in the past - to push myself and the band creatively, vocally, and lyrically.

As you grow older, your music begins to mature and grow older along with you.

One thing I love about Lady Gaga is I feel like her sound is always evolving and changing with her and her phases of life.

I guess with any type of music or any art, there's always an evolution.

We've always done what we do, and we go out and try and get better with each record we make.