I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He mus…

- Sampha

Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.

- Sampha

You have to be quite brave to write about something that you honestly feel and think.

- Sampha

I was just thinking about my own natural way of one-night stands: always wanting to be more attached to something. I'm not very good at detaching mys…

- Sampha

For me, when I'm writing something really personal, I don't feel good about it. It's weird that people can connect to it and like something that came…

- Sampha

Sometimes you think certain details are things that only you would notice, so it's a great thing to feel like you're not by yourself and people under…

- Sampha

When you feel totally alone in your thoughts and feelings, there's someone out there who is going through what you went through, even if it's the str…

- Sampha

When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already said a lot that I want to sa…

- Sampha