‘You have to follow your path,’ says British jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Django Bates.
‘It’s really nice that this award is about songwriting specifically. Often it can be about other stuff in the industry, and songwriting is what we do this for,’ say Let’s Eat Grandma’s Rosa Walton.
‘To be nominted is crazy, to actually win it means everything,’ says composer Robin Beanland of his Ivors win.
‘It’s a real partnership, it’s like being in a band with somebody,’ says Jonny Greenwood of his collaborative relationship with director Paul Thomas Anderson.
‘Songwriting needs to be protected so it doesn’t just become a commercial enterprise,’ says Natasha Khan.
‘I’ve always paid attention to songwriting and I’ve always wanted to contribute really great music. I think it always starts with the pen,’ says Best Contemporary Song nominee Kojey Radical.
‘He may not know it, but I am his number one fan,’ says Wiley of his former friend Dizzee Rascal.
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‘Now Mick and Keith have given me the royalties back for Bitter Sweet (Symphony) it’s even more sweet than it was before,’ says Richard Ashcroft of his Ivors win.
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