Quotes from Yelawolf

I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.

I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.

I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.

For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much.

Where I'm from is like 'Hustle Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.

I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.

Name Yellow Wolf comes from life experiences. Yellow is the color of the sun - its power, fire, and hunger. Wolf represents my fierceness and ability to survive.

Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.

Yela represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. Wolf speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.

I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.

Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.

Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.

People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.

Race is still real and you got to recognize it.

Shady's great; I love Shady Records.

'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.

Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.

Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.