Quotes from Lil Durk

I let my partners and my DJ listen to my songs and if they say, 'Oh yeah I felt that one' or 'I am feeling that' then I write it down and we just continue building the album from there.

'Trap House' is one of my favorite songs off '300 Days 300 Nights' mixtape, I sent it to Thug, he loved it and knocked it out on the spot in Atlanta.

I rock with Chance, I rock with Kanye, I rock with Common.

There's definitely a lot of responsibility to keep the good energy going.

I just want to be there for my kids.

You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.

Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself.

Always read your contract. Know what you're getting yourself into. Know your worth.

I met Jay Z. I don't really care about all that though.

I'm just trying to show people that I ain't gotta ride off no movement. I can ride off myself.

Put your own twist to it. That's how you say relevant. Or things get old and boring.

My father being incarcerated for 25 years, 26 years, so I had a rough past, but me moving to Atlanta, I just thought that changed my whole identity - my thinking.

Moving to Atlanta is one of the best things I did.

I don't think anybody feels safe in Chicago. Bullets ain't got no name on them.

I want my kids to be able to live comfortable and go to school and to be into sports.

I have three kids, and that's a big part of staying focused.

My message is just showing people how I came from nothing.

No shade to the other artists in Chicago... but if you got confidence in yourself and you know you're Number One, say it.

I had a bad background just growing up as a child.

I listen to different artists. I open my mind to different artists.

I don't want my kids to be on the streets period. I want my kids to be nerds. I want them to be book smart or playing sports - I don't want them to know nothing about the streets.

In Chicago, a lot of people don't really got nothing to live for. Everybody can't ball. Everybody can't rap. Nobody is really doing those activities. There's nothing to do but the streets.

I wasn't really into music. I was into the streets. I was too worried about the streets and how I was going to eat and how I was going to make the streets happen.

Growing up in Chicago is hard. I'd say 80 percent of the people ain't really got no daddies. Their household wasn't right. All they know is the streets and getting some money to support each other and support their family.