Quotes from Earl Sweatshirt

A lot of times, I write and have to scrap it. You don't know what I'm talking about because the words are too much, and it's overwhelming.

It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.

I've heard 'Piano Man.' That song is pretty cool.

Ego is my career. Rap music is all ego.

When I got home, I was trying to figure out how to be home. Like, be home in a sense that had nothing to do with music.

It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

I'm blessed to have a platform that allows me to speak to many at once. I recognize that I can make consciousness a tangible thing for young people.

I'm a weirdo, but I have a very strong moral code.

People think being alone is a luxury, but it's crucial: Whatever you're not down with about yourself gets loud and in your face.

I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.

Everything when you're a teenager is a projection. Or at least, for me, it was. 'Who am I gonna be?'

In every person, you have a world of personalities and souls, a world of perspectives that you can share. You can get into anyone's shoes. You've got to be willing to stare at the ugliest part of yourself and deal with it.

Miscommunication is the number one cause of all problems; communication is your bridge to other people. Without it, there's nothing. So when it's damaged, you have to solve all these problems it creates.

Rapping is the only time I'm serious.

Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture.

Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.

All rappers are princesses like me.

I just write like a grown man, because that's what I listen to. I'm not even speaking complicated English... I don't do five-syllable words, I don't do four-syllable words. This is English. Rudimentary English.

I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.

Toronto is like a city of grandmas.

My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.

Throughout 'Doris,' and while I was recording it, you could hear I was apprehensive towards everything. I can't explain it. It wasn't fun; it was like I had to do it.

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.

Everyone's like sheep on social media; like, one person starts making noise, and everyone's like, 'Hey, yeah!' and then you got a whole bunch of people making noise at you.