Quotes from Roddy Ricch

I don't really be putting no limitations or projections on myself. I just go do it.

I bought some equipment and then I started recording real heavy, in my room, when I was like 16.

I ain't graduate high school.

My best friend died in a high-speed chase.

Usually when my music drops, I can go to my hood, I can hear people playing it. Now it comes from performing it, people knowing it and stuff. It's crazy!

I just stay in my own lane and not worry about what anyone else is doing and settling my own pace.

My brother and me, we used to be like, 'We'll put this video out tonight, and if it did 1,000, it did good.'

I just feel like it's a blessing to be able to represent Compton.

I can't just close myself off to the world, because then I won't be inspired anymore. I won't be able to talk about nothing.

I ain't follow nobody path; I did it my own way. It's just grindin', ya feel me? You just gotta grind.

Oh yeah, I've got a good relationship with Marshmello.

People misinterpret my lyrics sometimes too, but I mean, it is what it is.

When a person go to jail, what people don't realize is you're alive, but you're dead to the world. People forget about you. When you go to jail, you're a story.

I want to buy more property, start a couple of small businesses, and if my cousin wants to go to college, I want to put him through with ease.

I met Kendrick when I was younger but he's not really the flashy type. You'd never know if he had a dollar or a million dollars.

I used to tell people I slept on the floor, in my songs.

I've never been the type to be on social media all the time.

I just make the music and then the music speaks for itself.

I don't want people to think like Roddy is John Legend now. I just felt like once I got to a certain point, that I wanted to expand musically.

I think I'ma make every hood proud. Everybody that ever seen me come up, know what I came from, know how I came up, know where I started. I feel like I'ma just make everybody proud.

I don't really sing... I just hear notes so I know what it's supposed to sound like, if that makes sense. You ever hear someone try to teach a choir how to sing, but they can't sing? That's me.

As I experience life, my music is gonna evolve. At the same time, I still do tell the stories from my world because there are unlimited stories and unlimited people from that place. I'll always represent them. As my life begins to change and I do different things, I still want to be able to tap in and relate to them.

Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don't ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don't ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.

When I made 'Feed tha Streets,' those were the only 17 songs I had made, period. There was no cutting songs out or adding other songs in.