In some places graffiti look fucking stupid […] as soon as I am in the country side or somewhere in the South of France I am not even thinking about spray cans you know? It’s just totally ridiculous. And even when you are going to do it, you take a picture, you can publish in on a magazine so the kids in the city will see the magazine and they will see the piece. So it is bringing back to the city again. So, it’s all about the city. And if you are not doing graffiti or you feel offended by it and you are living in the city...I am like ‘c’mon, you want all the stuf f that is going on in the city, you want the heart beats, you want this, you want that...’[…] It’s a city culture, so I feel like when you are living in the city you have to take into account that your kids they are going to get bored with the surrounding, so they want to kick against something and eventually they are going to take a spray can and go out, understand that that culture exists and they are going to write on the walls. Some people have always been writing on walls. Why wouldn’t I do it now ? – Raw

It’s a bonding culture; you go through intensive experiences together. Most of my closest friends are graffiti wr iters, just because I’ve been hiding in the bushes with them, in the winter like for so many nights. Just coming together because it’s so cold and stuff. Running away or being in jail together you know? Those are all things you go through. Everybody goes through things and experiences together, bonding things - Raw

Just being in the centre of the city at 4-5 o’clock in the night in the middle of the week and there is nobody on the street. It’s kind of like your kingdom. And thi s is all very childish, but still there is a consistence in doing it and consis tent in a way when you are outside out in the night all alone and the city is yours… and you kind of put it in your hands […] It’s a romantic feeling. But it doesn’t mean that it is less real you know ? It’s good and that’s mostly what gets me out - Raw

It’s like I feel that the city is so dense, that public space is hard to find, so for you to do something in that way you would have to go to write on somebody’s side of a house – Raw

When you have some interviews with some hip guys or some stupid magazines they often, so often, portray them in front of some garage with some graffiti on it. Because it is in the city you know? ‘Yeah this is blablabla, he is like a creative designer, he does this and that... where are you from? What are you doing?’ But these guys are standing there...and this is a window and it supposed to be the representation of the city and at the same time I am pretty sure that these people will disagree with you if you make a piece next to them: ‘What the fuck are you doing?’ They will call the cops - Raw