1- “I want first and foremost to help other artists, launch new names, to provide opportunities. I want to do for them what happened to me, but better.”
2- “I don’t really write. I’m an on-the-spot type of person. This beat, let’s listen to it; let’s vibe. And then I’ll do a melody, and then we’ll go back and do it.”
3- “You’ve gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.”
4- “I’m always up for collaborating with brands and people who actually design, but doing your own line is a whole other beast. I don’t think I could deal with the criticism. “
5- “I feel like ‘Birds in the Trap’ seem united; it’s just metaphor for ones in their box that are stuck and can’t get their creative idea out.”
6- “You’ve gotta motivate kids. They wanna grow up. They got problems. You’ve gotta give ’em that music to make ’em feel like they’re OK, and it’s only a couple of artists that do that.”
7- “I consider myself an artist, which is, like, the most played term, but I believe it.”
8- “F**k the rules and have fun.”
9- “Sometimes I might be sleepy, and sometimes I’ve literally been sleeping backstage, woken up, gone straight on stage or gone crazy. It’s not like I psyche myself; I don’t do any of that.”
10- “Don’t need no vacation, I need a replacement.”
11- “There are people who take fashion at different levels, but personally, I’m just a kid with it.”
12- “There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly.”
13- “I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It’s very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It’s not really based on a label anymore. Everything is pretty much in the control of the artist. Which is amazing.”
14- “Lord I’m on fire they think that I’m Satan.”
15- “I’m not into just one thing; I always felt like I had to have my hand in everything revolving around what I do, whether it’s directing videos, making beats, making music, performing.”
16- “I must say, I’ve been in the studio with Jay Z, dog… I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!”
17- “I’m a magician, like David Blaine. I could never fall. “
18- “I was born in Houston, Texas. I grew up in Houston, by Missouri City. It’s, like, a suburb in the area; it’s middle-class. But I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six.”
19- “Raging and having good feelings and having fun is something I plan on doing and spreading across the world. I just need air and a mic. “
20- “You can’t buy vision, and you can’t buy aesthetic.”
21- “Honestly, I really can’t speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because we all want to have our creative way “
22- “I’m a Bieber fan, man! That kid is ill!”
23- “I don’t need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on.”
24- “I feel like everything needs to be stylised; that’s always been my mindset.”
25- “I’m big on diversity. My music is very diverse; I don’t want it to ever be typecasted”
26- “I can make your Mondays even better like the weekend”
27- “Drake is an amazing person. Also, a magician. He’s a big brother, super-talent; he’s cool.”
28- “I don’t write; I just go in the booth.”
29- “I’m La Flame at all times. That, at times, can be bad, at times can be good.”
30- “I’m just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they’re around me.”
31- “My whole story is straight mythical. It’s tangible, but it’s also what life could be.”
32- “When you come to my show, it’s like a no-holds-barred, underground Royal Rumble.”
34- “We always forgive but don’t forget easily. Cut my phone off so they can never reach me.”
35- “Party on a Sunday. Do it all again on Monday. Spent a check on a weekend. I might do it all again.”
36- “Got new money, got new problems, got new enemies. When you make it to the top, it’s the amenities.”
37- “The most ironic thing is my grandfather has his masters in music composition; he was a jazz composer. My dad was a musician, too. He played more, like, soul music.”
38- “Yes, money is important. But it’s all about the creative process.”
39- “I can make your Mondays even better like the weekend.”
40- “I feel like God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man.”
41- “I’m attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.”
42- “You can’t buy being a rock star”
43- “I was a smart kid. I went to private school in middle school and got kicked out “
44- “I feel like just being a fan, I always wanted something that was just like curated for me. I mean, we’re all born different, we all have different personalites. Cause I was one seperated kid, I didnt know who I was and shit until I listened to Cudi and then I found myself. I probably went to one of his shows and I found myself”
45- “Yes, money is important. But it’s all about the creative process. Money is something that keeps you alive and healthy and just keeps you focused. It’s the drive. It’s the passion. I’m making songs not for the money but to see motherf*ckers’ reaction”
46- “I love my fans more than anything.”
47- “I’m at a point now where I can just control what I do. There’s a time and place for certain things. When I was young, that was my [problem]. I used to just — whooooo. Go crazy.”
48- “it’s like creativity and being able to do what you want to do and make ideas come alive, is like the most frustrating thing ever.””
49- “My grandma, she stay in the hood. I got family that live in the hood. That ain’t tight. That ain’t no type of place to claim, or wanna be from. You know what I’m saying? You put on for your hood, in the right way. There’s mad kids like me. Creative. It’s not about your location, it’s your mind.”
50- “We as people have to find better ways to connect with each other through other avenues other than anger. The word beauty means a lot to me but it all comes down to who you are as a person. It has a lot to do with your heart, how good you are to others.”
51- “I feel like Houston is one of the leading things in music culture. Everyone loves the Houston culture. It needs to have its own monument, its own moment for artists like me, artists like Beyonce who set it off.”
52- “Everybody just has different steps in their life that they take to do what they should.”
53- “There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly.”
54- “I think of Westernized culture as a good visual for my music.”
55- “I feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music. You know what I’m saying? Like, c’mon.”
56- “I felt like ‘Owl Pharoah,’ not everyone understood who I was as an artist.”
57- “I design music; I don’t produce it.”
58- “‘Days Before Rodeo’ is just the journey of me finding out who I am. “