Quotes from G-Eazy

When you're from the Bay Area, there's this chip on your shoulder that you inherently come up with, because us, as a region, we've been overlooked in the grand scheme of the history of the genre and the culture.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt.

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it.

I've gone on in front of a crowd of 10 people and 7,000 people.

I'm just doing the only thing I know how to do. There was never a plan B.

Sometimes you wake up the next morning after making a lot of bad decisions and have this nonchalant reaction like, 'These Things Happen' - what can I say?

Success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.

I listen to a wide array of music, all depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

I just want to make music that matters, that people will remember for a long time.

Chance The Rapper makes some of the greatest music out, and he build his brand up organically, and the fans have reacted to it.

I don't want to be a small-time, independent, successful rapper.

I was making all my own beats, and I really liked sampling stuff, like old '50s and '60s pop and soul and doo-wop records. I was chopping those up and putting loops and drums on them and just rapping over them.

Rapping was something I always wanted to do, so after school, my friends and I would catch the bus to my house and just sit there writing songs, every day.

That raw connection between the two performers is something you can't fully plan. You just go with it and get lost in that moment and feed off of each other.

You have to be dope; you have to find an audience and reach that audience with your identity and your message.

I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.

My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.

I've got some growing up to do.

Word of mouth is the most valuable form of marketing, but you can't buy it. You can only deliver it. And you have to really deliver.

I think it's natural for a creative to be sensitive. If I'm in the studio and I write something, I think it's the greatest thing in the world; it's like my baby. I just made something out of thin air that exists now in a tangible form. It's the biggest thrill in my life.

It's a really good time for California right now in music.

I was 14 years old when I started rapping and I was terrible. I fell in love with it though and when that happens with me I become super passionate and go all the way with it.

There's multiple ways I express myself. Music is my first love and will always come first. But, there are other areas and industries I'm interested in that reflect different aspects of my lifestyle.