Quotes from Denzel Curry

I did karate.

Always be true to you. But learn how to adapt, too. That's something I wish I did when I was younger.

I've been a fan of grime for a while - I used to watch the battles on YouTube when I was younger.

Carol City has its hot moments, and it has its cool moments. If you were from one area of Carol City, people didn't mess with you.

I grew up in Carol City, Zone 3, for 19 years, in a house with four brothers, a mother and a father.

If you look at 'Threatz' and 'Parents,' then you look at 'Zone 3,' all of that is nostalgic.

The more I pay attention, the more I'm in tune with my fans and myself. It's how I keep raising up.

I fear God. If my time comes, my time comes.

I listen to Robb Bank$, not only because he is a South Florida native, but that's my homeboy. I listen to him frequently.

As an Aquarius, I was born an outsider. I'm awkward at social events. I can be social, but I feel like nobody truly understands who I am.

I just feel like nobody truly understands who I am as a person. They think it's one thing, but they get another. I feel like nobody fully comprehends who I am as a person, as a man, as a living organism in this world.

I'm sponsored by Nike and stuff.

I'm not going to be the next anything. I'm going to be the first me, and someone's going to follow, and then they'll be the next me.

The fans, in their minds, they think once you signed a deal, you sold out. So, in staying independent, I keep my freedom, and I'm not selling out.

'Threatz' was when I stepped into my own as an individual and one of the first songs we put on SoundCloud.

'Nostalgic' was just all my influences and me just being like, 'Yo, I'm going to be the hardest one out of everybody.'

I started finishing 'Nostalgic' while trying to graduate at the same time. I graduated from high school, got my diploma, and my life just started when I completed 'Nostalgic 64.'

My upbringing and my daily day-to-day struggles and emotions make up most of my music.

I'm very optimistic about the future.

I've proved with 'TA13OO' that I'm versatile as hell.

I started adapting, and that's how I've been able to stay afloat all these years. It's important to be adaptable.

I draw my own stuff. I do my own cover artwork.

I'm a veteran at this point; I ain't no up-and-coming rapper. Up-and-coming been happened.

I ain't gonna lie: I have dude fans; most of my fans are dudes.