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“I can't even lie: Sometimes, I be antisocial.”
“I wasn't really comfortable going to college.”
“I started off throwing out 'Artist.' I made that my first mixtape. Then, I threw out 'TBA,' which means 'To Be Announced.'”
“Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.”
“Some of my songs are turnt up, but that's just 'cause I have to make 'em like that so the clubs can play them.”
“I overloaded myself with work. I give myself work to do so I don't give myself time to chill and have free time to chill with the family as much.”
“I was inspired to shoot 'Look Back at It' in a high school because I'm like a voice of the youth. When the youth sees me in a classroom, I want them to be inspired to accomplish their dreams. I was just like them in a classroom at one point. It all starts in a classroom.”
“People's hustle in the Bronx is real.”
“I got so many people that have my number. It's crazy. I just don't feel like texting anybody back after I get, like, 30 text messages in three hours. I just be chilling.”
“Having a daughter made my music, I guess, more meaningful. It made me see more of life when I had my daughter.”
“I'm not really rocking with mixtapes no more. EPs and albums - that's it.”
“I don't wanna learn about more science and math. That's not why I'm going to college.”
“I always looked up to people who did more than just rap or focus on music. I'm inspired by the people who put their different talents to use and turned it into something bigger.”
“My mom is proud of me. My pops proud of me. Everybody keeps motivating me.”
“Every time I step on stage an' see all of the lights or hear fans singing the words to my songs ,it's a surreal moment for me.”
“Even though I can't dance, that's, like, the one thing I wished I could do growing up. I used act like I was MJ, doing the moonwalk, tip toes, leg kick, all that.”
“I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.”
“Me and Tory Lanez got good chemistry together. We could make a song so easy, but we always like to figure out what we're really doing. We can make a good song, but it gotta make sense.”
“Before I was even famous, I was famous on Facebook.”
“Why do you think my name is Artist? I'm an artist.”