Tricky

Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws (born January 27, 1968), who goes by the stage name Tricky, is an English record producer, rapper, and actor.

Quotes

• I never thought of my music as dark…It can’t be that dark to get people through a dark period, can it?
  • On how Tricky views his music and impact in “Tricky: ‘I’ve lost people before and bounced back. This is different’” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 14)

• “This ain’t bad-guy talk, cos I’m not a bad guy…But people don’t realise what fear can do. I’ve had situations where I’ve been so scared, where I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, and it’s gone on for weeks and it’s ruining my life. It makes you sick, it makes you mentally ill.
  • On his possession of a firearm due to high anxiety in “Tricky: ‘I’ve lost people before and bounced back. This is different’” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 14)

• I’ve a kinship with women…That’s why I’ve always put women in strong positions in music.
  • On how the toughness of his female family members shaped Tricky’s musical direction in “Tricky: ‘I’ve lost people before and bounced back. This is different’” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 14)

• One of the biggest problems with my daughter is that I’ve never loved anybody that much before…I was there at her birth. And all of a sudden I started feeling things. And it was too much for me. Because I was emotionally numb, and it was easier for me to get through life being emotionally numb, but then suddenly I was feeling things…I’ve lost people before, like grandmothers, but I’ve bounced back…This is different. Everything looks different, even music doesn’t sound the same. I feel like I’m losing my mind. I was in Islington yesterday and I was hoping I was going to see her, hoping she’s gonna walk up to me.
  • On the loss of his daughter Mazy (who died at 24) in “Tricky: ‘I’ve lost people before and bounced back. This is different’” in The Guardian (2019 Oct 14)

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