Quotes from Kyle

When you roast yourself, it makes everybody else comfortable.

Kid Cudi has saved lives. He saved my life.

I like being funny; I like laughing with people.

Most people have perceived my brand and my personality as this guy that just is so happy, he has no cares in the world.

People called me sharktooth, Dracula. I got made fun of so much cause I couldn't afford braces.

I felt like I related to East Coast lyricism a little more. Because I couldn't be super gangsta.

Pete Rock, CL Smooth, all this East Coast stuff - that's kind of, like, the rappers I first admired. I wanna rap just like them because I just thought they were so hard. I thought their delivery was so crazy.

I wanna make music that helps people.

I'm not ever going to - ever going to be able to put on chains and become the Migos.

I would want people to be their own superheroes, save their own days, know that nobody else is gonna do it for you. You have to pick yourself up out of your dark moment; you gotta be your own source of light, just like I was for me.

At some point, I had to ignore what people thought of me. I had to be my own biggest fan from an early age. Once I learned that, it was like a superpower. That was the armor that got me through high school.

I always wanted to do magic tricks - I feel like that could be the the next wave.

I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be a famous singer/rapper person one day.'

I've been compared to Drake before and Kid Cudi.

My style has been compared to someone probably like the Fresh Prince.

The Kyle who made 'Smyle' honestly has a little more conflict in his life. He has a little more weight on his shoulders. He feels like he has to make an album about something. It's a Kyle with duty, with a plan, with a responsibility.

I played baseball. I kind of sucked at that. They used to call me 'The Buntmaster' because my coach never wanted me to swing.

You need to have a life. Have fun. Then ruin it by having a serious relationship

I really like blending two things together that are polar opposites. Because I feel like, in a large aspect, that's kinda like what I am.

My momma will roast my friends all of the time. If you're one of my friends, and you meet my mom for the first time, she will definitely roast you in a polite way. It's just to test your bars.

I'd love to be more involved in sports. There's so much positive energy - I have to be around it. Especially as I get older.

When you're the cool guy, you don't know how to take people not liking you. I've already been there, done that.

I grew up really kind of mixed up. I lived with my white grandparents and mom and got made fun of a lot because I talked like her.

Everybody on my street was broke, running around with no shoes on. We didn't have money, but we played tag, we talked. It was great.