
Wiley: Music never feels like work to me––it's just what I like to do, innit? I do everything. I have raves, I do promotion, I produce, I write, I'm an artist. I've got no limits. But what are the hours?
I could be working at five in the morning or I could not be. Could be doing photos in the day, going into the studio at night. There is no timeclock. That's why it's awkward for me to have a full-time girlfriend, cuz they want all your time. There was a rumor that before you were famous you used to sit in your room all day eating cream cakes and playing on your computer.
That's not true. Before music I used to work in my dad's bakery. I also worked in a stationery warehouse called Dudley's, taking parcels off a belt and putting them in a designated area. Everything else was just street. The only reason why I even done jobs was because I was on the street and I'd get a good run, get lots of money, and then it all comes to an end. Then you think, "Maybe I should get a job." So you try to work and you can't work, so it's back to the street. Then music quickly got me and all of a sudden I was selling records. Boy, I was selling thousands of records out of my car. Thousands and thousands. I was also spending money as I was going along on clothes, as many trainers as I wanted, things like that. Now I get clothes for free, so my new focus is property. What sort of property?
A big house. Something really big with garages. Wiley's debut album, Ice Is Getting Thin, is out soon on XL.