Quotes from Tee Grizzley

People so obsessed with being real in hip-hop because they don't want people to think that they're lying.

Dudes like me, where I'm from with my sound, don't get signed! It ain't like labels in and out of Detroit and it's a guarantee and I got talent that everybody sees.

My goal is just to inspire. To tell people that's going through the same thing that I went through, that there's somebody out there that knows... that can relate.

I really can't make no wrong moves out here, because just as quick as you can get people to love you, you can get people to hate you.

I've had a lot of big impacts before the music as far as deaths and tragedies and experiences in my life.

I was raised by my grandma, had aunties and sisters in the house.

Like, you can have church at your house. I feel like as long as you're giving Him praise, you can do it wherever. You don't have to be inside of a church to give praise to Him.

When people hear my music, they ain't really hearing about no shiny stuff, the glamorous life. They're going to hear that gritty, slum.

God just kept me on the right path. I never smoked, drank, none of that.

'Don't Even Trip' gave me a chance to really like put some swag on a song. I put the sauce on it.

I just want people to know I'm mentally strong.

I appreciate Drake's music, I appreciate Future's music, I appreciate Lil Durk's music. I appreciate Uzi, Meek Mill, I appreciate Migos.

A lot of my friends and the people I mingle with, they not famous. They don't got half of what I got. For me, what that do is, it keeps me humble. It keeps me grateful and appreciative of what I got.

I'm just gonna keep making good music and continue to stay in tune with the people and with reality.

When you in the positive light and good space, do everything to keep it that way and be real careful what you say and how you move because your world can come crashing down on you.

I read all types of books. I read Christian books, I read black novels, I read religious books. I read stuff like 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' and 'The Dictator's Handbook' and then I turned around and read science-fiction novels.

In chess, you gotta come up with a strategy. I made a lot of plans in my life. 'I'ma do this, I'ma do that, this is gonna happen, that's gonna happen.' And a lot of stuff don't go as planned. You really gotta act on events as they unfold. That's how I compare chess to life.

I realized that I got problems bigger than anything that can happen in prison. So I started reading books, talking to people who had a head on their shoulders, sold my TV and just got a whole bunch of books.

First Day Out' just took off under our noses. I was shocked. I was happy. I can't even explain the feeling. It's something I always wanted my whole life.

Yachty is a real dude. He's a person who sticks to his word.

I see myself as the godfather of the streets.

I have a relationship with God. I do believe in God, The Son, and Holy Ghost. But I respect everybody, and as far as the Muslims go, I like how they live because they have discipline. They have real structure and I like.

I think my genre is more 'reality rap'; I talk about my life and the struggles that I've been through.

A lot of rappers think they better than me because they saw me broke, going in and out of studios, and couldn't pay for studio time.