A biography for Earl Sweatshirthasn’t been written yet.
“At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.”
“It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.”
“Black Lives Matter has already demonstrated that it has the power to shift the societal landscape by bringing awareness to age-old issues that have plagued us as a people.”
“I'm a weirdo, but I have a very strong moral code.”
“My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.”
“I'm blessed to have a platform that allows me to speak to many at once. I recognize that I can make consciousness a tangible thing for young people.”
“Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.”
“Miscommunication is the number one cause of all problems; communication is your bridge to other people. Without it, there's nothing. So when it's damaged, you have to solve all these problems it creates.”
“People think artists like 50 Cent don't have charisma, but it's just a different kind of charisma, a bully charisma, which is kinda frowned upon.”
“I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.”
“I've heard 'Piano Man.' That song is pretty cool.”
“When I was little, when I was a kid, I used to sit in front of the TV and just say what the TV says. It's how I got good at imitating people.”
“I'll always regret how I recorded 'Burgundy' 'cause it's not how I felt. The words that were coming out of my mouth and how I mean them, it's so much different.”
“I just write like a grown man, because that's what I listen to. I'm not even speaking complicated English... I don't do five-syllable words, I don't do four-syllable words. This is English. Rudimentary English.”
“Drake loves moms.”
“It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.”
“Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.”
“In every person, you have a world of personalities and souls, a world of perspectives that you can share. You can get into anyone's shoes. You've got to be willing to stare at the ugliest part of yourself and deal with it.”
“Sometimes videos make a bad song very tight.”
“Twitter is a real addiction, like the color of it, the process of it.”