Mental illness is a very powerful thing. If it is with you it is probably going to be there until the day you die. I am trying so hard to break mine, but it is not easy. It is my toughest fight ever.
I was in a no-win situation, so I’m glad that I won rather than lost.
We’re not cameras, we’re artists.
It’s like a kettle. If it’s a kettle, you turn the kettle off, you know what I mean? I wish I could put a hole in my head and let the steam come out. The steam was getting so high and the pressure was just getting a little bit much for me.
Boxing’s all about getting the job done as quickly as possible, whether it takes 10 or 15 or 20 rounds.
I want to stay healthy, keep fit, eat well, keep a low profile and be a good dad.
Boxing is just show business with blood.
I chose faces and figures as my subject matter simply due to the fact that the human form is already beautiful art.
From my sketch files I’ll find a pose that shows the emotion behind a particular character’s story.
Sometimes when you have bipolar you have days you are grumpy and not feeling yourself.
If your brain’s not right they have good people at the NHS to help you fix it and talk to and counselling to calm you down and to focus you.
I see danger – awake! It’s terrible, it’s horrible, and it’s almost here! This is why my spirit was sent to earth. This is the job God has given me. This is the job I must do, so my hands will be free of your blood.
I was about 18 six years ago. I’m 28 now.
Journalists have always written that my mum said that I punched a hole through my cot when I was three years old. I don’t remember doing that, and I think it was more that I was very energetic.
I still believe in marriage.
My head has got regrets, but I haven’t.
I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.
I speak African. I can even speak Italian.
If you say you’ve had a nervous breakdown or things aren’t right mentally, people run away from you. They think you’re from ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,’ you know.
When you’re a man you try and be macho.