Tory Lanez

“I always try to show there's a way for the kids that feel like they're lowlives. In anything you want, you can be the greatest at it, even without school, if you want. Know your route.”

“Swavey, it puts more than one genre of music together. That's the approach I have with all music I do.”

“Swavey is the movement. Three words... It's Unique, it's true, and it's yourself. It's a very unique thing: it's true to yourself, and it's all about you just being yourself.”

“There's no album in 2016 that's better than my album.”

“I'm here to be the greatest.”

“When I get to a certain level, I'll start going by Daystar.”

“I don't develop anything. I don't practice, I don't rehearse. I just go out there, and it's just amazing and unpredictable and spontaneous every single time. It's the most cultivating incredible performance that you can go and see live for the amount of money that you can see it for.”

“The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.”

“People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.”

“I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto.”

“That's what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma, and no mom to help you. It changed the person that I am today.”

“I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.”

“It doesn't take long to make catchy songs. That's not my problem.”

“I still direct my own videos.”

“Drake could diss me 20,000 times, and I would never diss him. I'm a fan.”

“The whole 'I Told You,' there's nothing written. That was all out of the feeling. That's why the album is so incredible to me - it's all out of the heart; I didn't take time to pre-calculate it.”

“I started singing to this one John Legend record; it was called 'Each Day Gets Better,' or something like that. I started to realize, 'Wow, I really sound like this dude. If I keep doing this, maybe I can sound dope like John Legend and still rap.'”

“That's why, to this day, K.I.S.S. can sell out wherever they go... because they sell tickets, and they have that core fan base. You may not hear K.I.S.S. on the radio with a new single today. And they can still sell out anywhere.”

“I believe later in life I'm gonna change my name when I start making the right music.”

“My mom died when I was 11 years old.”