Lil Yachty

“I was in college and got arrested. It was a real scare for me/wake-up call/'Man, you better do something with your life 'cause you don't wanna be a bum' call. That's really why I took music serious.”

“I always felt like I had something to prove. It's always been, 'I gotta show them that I can still rap. I gotta show them I can still make a hit or sell out a show.'”

“When you come from living in a dorm room with no clothes, no girls, no cars, and then you go to having three cars, girls, and money, you can't help but be genuinely happy that things are moving in a positive direction.”

“I don't listen to J. Cole, but I have nothing against J. Cole.”

“Lil Boat 2' people liked, but it was all rap. Some thought it was too much.”

“Serious rap music puts me to sleep.”

“I don't hang out. I don't go to clubs, ever. I don't party.”

“I remember being in jail, like, 'Man, I'm not old enough.' And then I thought, 'I just turned 18.' I had just turned old enough to be in big people jail.”

“Everybody's voice matters.”

“I was surrounded by a bunch of friends who made music, and at the time, I thought they were good. They used to tell me I was really bad, but it ended being up the opposite.”

“I used to wake up before school when my mom was already at work. That's where I first heard a lot of music, like All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, Miley Cyrus, Linkin Park.”

“I'm 100 percent sunshine.”

“I like penny loafers.”

“I've got songs that sample 'Mario Bros.,' 'Charlie Brown,' the 'Rugrats' theme, the music that plays when you turn on a Gamecube.”

“I used to have visions of being a star all the time, but I never knew I wanted to be a rapper.”

“I hate being alone. That's why I like being with my friends: we've got energy; we're social as hell.”

“I was in a group called the Yacht Club, and they were all older than me. I was kind of the baby.”

“I'm promoting positivity. I'm promoting happiness and loving yourself and having fun. But it's not a joke.”

“One thing Kid Cudi did that I always wanted to do was the crop top, but I need to get in shape if I want to do that.”

“I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't do nothing, bro.”