Quotes from G-Eazy

When I was 12 or 13, the hyphy movement was beginning to bubble. And you had local acts such as the Federation or E-40, Mac Dre, and Too Short that the local radio station would play all the time. You'd hear E-40 as much as you'd hear Jay Z.

I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.

It's definitely been a long, long... long, long, long, long, long journey since I was selling burnt CD's out of my backpack in downtown Oakland.

I'm the type of person that rises to the occasion, and when work is in front of me, I do work.

A song or an album is never really done. You can work on it forever, but knowing when to call it a day and knowing when to walk away from it is extremely important.

I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.

I've been in love with music since I was old enough to establish my taste.

Time is a finite resource that you can't get back. I have the same 24 hours you have, and you get the same 24 hours as me. As you rise, so does you chance for opportunity.

I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.

Anything back in New Orleans is definitely nostalgic. I really played my first shows of my life and learned to perform here. I learned how to work a stage and how to connect with a crowd. It all started here.

I got my start in small dive bars in New Orleans.

You don't need mainstream media outlets, the big TV looks, or the magazine covers.

I've always been an outsider to some extent.

I'll be a Bay kid for the rest of my life. That's in my veins; that's in my bones.

I feel like if you're stuck doing the same thing your whole career you've got to be doing something wrong. Unless you're getting great results from it or you're just comfortable in that spot.

Growing up in the Bay, I was still looking for a lot of East Coast hip-hop. I had an older homie put me on to a lot of stuff like Nas' 'Illmatic.'

When I started making music, I was so heavy into the hyphy movement. That's something you only know so much about if you were right there living in it, submerged in the culture.

I've never had a car. Like I can drive, but I'm always at the risk of killing people.

I grew up on the bus, or riding my bike, or catching the subway, I've never had a car. In college, any girl I ever dated had a car, too.

I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.

'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.

I'm really attracted to girls who are passionate about music because that's what I'm obsessed with.

You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.

I've always dreamt big and the dream is to keep making music.