Ive been more single than not in my short life.

- Michael Kiwanuka

The main thing in making your own music is that it's an expression of someone's personality and being. That's what people want to hear, and you can't…

- Michael Kiwanuka

Bill Withers, Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye are pioneers in popular music for the last century, and these are people who have influenced me as well, s…

- Michael Kiwanuka

Finding out that Ray Charles sang country songs but it sounded as soulful as any rhythm and blues record that kind of opened up my horizons for what …

- Michael Kiwanuka

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to ju…

- Michael Kiwanuka

The worst thing for a singer/songwriter is to run out of songs.

- Michael Kiwanuka

Listening to a lot of guitar rock and roll music and feeling quite eccentric because everyone expected me to learn and develop like R&B. This kind of…

- Michael Kiwanuka

It's annoying when you've got a guitar and you're working on music and then you have to go and do the shopping or someone calls your mobile and you g…

- Michael Kiwanuka

By that point, I was about 12, 13 years old. I was this young black kid into rock music, which was kind of strange. People would always assume I'd be…

- Michael Kiwanuka