Quotes from J.I.D

I ain't going at nobody else pace.

I don't try to make one thing. I really try to experiment, even if its just the vocals or the beat. I can't really describe my sound.

I've always been able to write. I've always been able to put a good essay in or say whatever I wanted to say through the pen. That was a gift of mine. I feel like it was what I was meant to do.

I'm never comfortable.

I try to be, like, hella sensitive to my surroundings.

For me to be creative, I have to have peace.

From the outside-in, Atlanta is kind of perceived as like popcorn. People don't respect it as having artists such as myself and EarthGang and other lyrical talents and album-worthy artists.

Nobody on Earth does a project by himself. So you have to make sure your team is intact.

My folks kicked me out of the crib, so I was homeless, living out the whip.

I always try to get to the point where I can do different things with my voice.

I don't care about being famous.

How I did the first 'DiCaprio,' it was mine. I was pulling from everywhere. I was getting stuff from movies. I was getting stuff from interviews. Everywhere. And it was fine, because it was just put out for free on SoundCloud.

Rap is very competitive. I just think I'm light years better than anybody.

I got the name from my grandma because when I was a baby, she used to call me jittery. I used to move around real fast.

I am always able to find that solitude. I am always able to find that peace. Which is tight. That is what has helped me keep going.

Change is definitely every day. It's an ever-changing world. Everything changes, so I really don't know. I just hope I become a better person, a better man.

I'm reclusive when it comes to me giving art away because I get real sensitive about that and critiques.

I always loved hip-hop, being a black little kid. I always used to freestyle on the bus when I was young. It was always a part of my life.

New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.

I ran track and played football... I was an all-American.

Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.

I feel like hip-hop inspires everything.

My writing process is consecutive, like, 'mad scientist' crazy. It's not totally writing something that rhymes or even writing a rap necessarily. Sometimes it's just writing down stuff that I'm going through.

I grew up pretty fast because I had a lot of older brothers and sisters.