‘To be nominted is crazy, to actually win it means everything,’ says composer Robin Beanland of his Ivors win.
‘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.
‘You have to follow your path,’ says British jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist Django Bates.
‘We don’t intend to make statements for anybody else but ourselves, but that always seems to make a statement,’ says Young Fathers’ Graham 'G' Hastings.
‘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.
‘He may not know it, but I am his number one fan,’ says Wiley of his former friend Dizzee Rascal.
‘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.
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‘Songwriting needs to be protected so it doesn’t just become a commercial enterprise,’ says Natasha Khan.
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