Bubba 2000: "If you want to do something, go out there and do it."

The Star, Sheffield

Sheffield street artist Bubba 2000 shares some words of encouragement for every artist, musician, and anyone with a dream - "get out there and do it."

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00:00Most people think you need to go out and you need to buy all the expensive stuff. You don't.

00:04I know for a fact Banksy, a lot of the original canvases were from places like Home Bargains.

00:10And as was like One Pound Sprite. If you want to create something, it's easier to make an

00:14excuse not to do something than to actually get off your arse and do it.

00:19Look, do what you enjoy. Do what you're happy. Do what makes you feel happy. It doesn't have

00:25to be like this, or like this, or like this. You know, it's like...

00:31Not proper, not paid, not big, not small. Just do it. If you want to do something and

00:36you've got the compulsion to go out there and do it. It's like screen printing. I wanted

00:40to know how to screen. I taught myself. YouTube, it's great. Learn how to get the frames, get

00:46the mesh. You know, you're going to mess up a few hundred times, but eventually you'll

00:50get it down. You know.

00:52Oh dear. And I think that's why a lot of people are just frustrated with these people who,

00:57because they've got money, or because they've got connections, they think that they can

01:00just skip the steps and go through the pain. And the typical starving artist, it's that

01:0710,000 hours thing. You know, you've got to put your time in the trenches. If you just

01:12think you can buy a few thousand followers to pull an algorithm that will then show people

01:17your other stuff or give this away or give that. It's just, it's not fair, but then we

01:22don't live in a fair society anymore. Do you know what I mean? But if you want to do something,

01:26go out there and do it. If you want to create, you create. If you're a musician, make music.

01:31If you're an actor, act. If you want to write, write. It's easier to make an excuse not to

01:36do something than to get off your ass and do it.

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