Quotes from Denzel Curry

I went from following people to being on my own. Once I was on my own, I watched people start liking me, and I watched people stop liking me. Everything was supposed happen. It was all supposed to reveal itself.

My parents were really into music. They would play the Funkadelics, Parliament, OutKast; they would just play that all around the house. They'd also play Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, James Brown.

That's what you gonna get with me: the dark aspects of life. Of course, you've got to have some type of light in there, but if it was all light, you'd be blinded. You've got to balance them out.

I watched people blow up after the XXL cover, and I watched people drown - you know what I'm saying? And that's not what I'm trying to do.

There's such a thing as good stress and bad stress. Bad stress is when somebody else stresses you out, and good stress is when you stress yourself out over something you want to accomplish, which makes you want to perfect it.

I like the way punk people perform better than rappers, because rappers suck at performing - no offense.

I live more than a double life, honestly. I have so many personalities, I live more than a double life.

People wanna escape the truth sometimes.

I wanna say I'm detached, but I'm an Aquarius that's sensitive as hell. That's dope, though.

I'm so extroverted. I wanna learn how to be introverted, though.

Carol City crazy, man, but it's home at the same time.

I just want to build awareness for my city. But if it wasn't for Carol City, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

The reason why I put out the '13' EP is because I got bored. I wanted to supply my fans with something.

If it's not Fiji water, we don't want it.

I used to do poetry in elementary school. I used to just write.

With 'Clout Cobain,' when I made the song, I knew what I wanted to say. But I was gonna say it in a way where people could understand it.

You've got to know your surroundings.

I have people to keep me grounded. That's very important. And I like the fact that I have people to keep me grounded. I'll never switch on them, they'll never switch on me, and that's what it's going to be.

My artist name is actually my real name - Denzel Curry.

I'm a weirdo, but everybody's weird in some kind of way.

I think being sensitive gives you powers. You get the logic and the flexibility of emotions.

If I went to a major, you never know - what if they don't like the stuff I do? I could just get shelved. And then I'm stuck in a contract, and I can't leave. And if that happens, you're gonna realize, you're going to start hating it, so the power with being indie is you could do whatever you want.

I grew up, like - since I had a lot of brothers, I grew up listening to Hot Boys, Goodie Mob, OutKast, basically all the southern albums, like Silkk the Shocker, Master P, Soulja Slim, and then it just elevated on when I started getting into music and I started listening to Nas and Jay Z and stuff like that and Lupe Fiasco and whatnot.

I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out of there, because my music is so different from anybody else who came out of there.