Quotes from Tory Lanez

People have to remember this - I've literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.

The reason why I called it 'I Told You' is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my 'I told you' moment.

Swavey is the movement. Three words... It's Unique, it's true, and it's yourself. It's a very unique thing: it's true to yourself, and it's all about you just being yourself.

For me personally, my favourite part of performing is just going in the crowd and doing crazy things that they never expected to see. Challenging myself to do new things that I never expected to do. That's the biggest thing for me.

A lot of times, people won't be 100 percent real with their story, and I wanted to give people the drawn-out experience of the perseverance and the struggle that it took to get here.

What, do you think I'm here to be second place, brother?

It doesn't take long to make catchy songs. That's not my problem.

When I get to a certain level, I'll start going by Daystar.

I'm a big Justin Bieber fan. I've been a Justin Bieber fan. I've been listening to his music. OG, you know. That's also my friend, too, so, you know. It's just one of those things. We've been supporting each other's music for a long, long, long time.

The stars played out the way they were supposed to play out, and I'm in the position I'm supposed to be in.

One of my favorite reggae songs is Wayne Wonder's 'No Letting Go.' And Sizzla 'Give Me A Try.' That's one of my favorite songs as well.

I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.

I'm a fan of LeBron James. I'm not really a team fan; I'm just a fan of one player.

I'm getting money over here. I'm good, I'm young, I'm finally in a position to feed my family; please don't take that away from me.

I'm here to compete. I'm here to be number one.

I'm not a hater, I'm not one of those people. I do think it's dope when people get recognized for whatever it is that they do, so more power to everybody who got nominated.

I'm a very cultural person, and Canada is a very cultural place.

Swavey is a musical genre that I came up with to describe artists who are too talented to stay in a box with their music.

I just pray to God and make sure I'm good with God.

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that 'cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

I'm definitely more of a rockstar than anything.

I definitely want to work with Kanye, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande - all the big people.

That's why, to this day, K.I.S.S. can sell out wherever they go... because they sell tickets, and they have that core fan base. You may not hear K.I.S.S. on the radio with a new single today. And they can still sell out anywhere.

I'm not a hater. I've expressed this before.