I left school at 15. I got kicked out. I wasn’t a bad kid. I was just... I think now they’d call it ADHD. I found school boring, it didn’t excite me and I didn’t see anyone from my area that was successful because they went to school. I need to see something to believe that it can happen. That’s probably why I made so many fucking mistakes along the way.
At 16 I was totally lost, if I’m honest. I was going to building college but I only did that to copy my cool cousin, the one who always got girls, had a great haircut and a diamond earring in one ear – just a good-looking bastard basically.
I knew I had to do something. My mum always said no kid of hers will be a bum. So we’re not allowed to sign on. We’re not allowed to not have a job. She used to work three jobs
