Quotes from Lil Yachty

I feel like people just try and throw a shot at me just so I can respond.

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 used to have visions of flashing lights and red carpets.

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

I always hear I have the voice-over voice.

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

My dad used to play that Paul McCartney song 'Let 'Em In.' That was dope.

I like penny loafers.

Not really a perfectionist, but everybody around me is.

I just want to be a better person to the community.

I felt love on 'Lil Boat 2.' People say my first project, 'Lil Boat,' was my best project, but I didn't feel it because I was so new, and it took a minute to grow.

I'm not normally big on suits.

I'm 100 percent sunshine.

Ain't nobody ever seen a picture of me with no gun. I have my guns for safety.

I've always been a good person, but I wanna be, like, the best person.

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 am happy every day, because life is moving in a very positive way.

You have to understand that your music isn't for everybody; your job isn't to please everybody.

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

I had braids before. They were real long, and they were black, but my mom made me cut them for the McDonald's job. Then, when I got the job, everybody had long braids and colored hair.

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.

My mom and dad got divorced when I was, like, 8, and when I went to my dad's house on the weekend, he'd play a lot of music: Miles Davis, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Elton John.

Me and Uzi aren't friends. We used to be cool. It's not beef; it's just competition. That's all it is. We're not friends.

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.