Quotes from Tory Lanez

Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I'm on the side of the music.

I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto.

I started singing to this one John Legend record; it was called 'Each Day Gets Better,' or something like that. I started to realize, 'Wow, I really sound like this dude. If I keep doing this, maybe I can sound dope like John Legend and still rap.'

I'm here to be the guy that rubs people the wrong way sometimes.

The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.

My favourite singers are people like R. Kelly and people like that.

The only thing is, with me - this may sound weird - there are a lot of R&B singers from that era that I actually don't know. Like, I never grew up on Boyz II Men.

I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.

I'm just a young kid.

I always try to show there's a way for the kids that feel like they're lowlives. In anything you want, you can be the greatest at it, even without school, if you want. Know your route.

Singing is one of the most important components to me. That's kinda how it all started.

Reggae goes in and out. It sounds so good, it feels so good and feels so tropical, but the problem is not everybody is Caribbean. Not everyone is going to sound authentic doing it, and sometimes it comes off cheesy when other people do it.

I can look at you and say, 'I'm gonna be the biggest artist in the world' because, at the end of the day, it's about the trust I have in God. He's already shown me that I'm gonna fulfil my destiny.

If you try to be better every day, more miracles happen in your life.

I don't write anything down - it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make.

'I Told You' is for all the people who've been doubted, the underdogs.

I underestimated the power of 'Diego.'

I don't have beef with nobody... You know when it's beef, because then we just start playing scoreboard, and nobody wants to play scoreboard.

I don't develop anything. I don't practice, I don't rehearse. I just go out there, and it's just amazing and unpredictable and spontaneous every single time. It's the most cultivating incredible performance that you can go and see live for the amount of money that you can see it for.

I love 50 Cent. I know it sounds weird 'cause a lot of kids might not say that right now, but I definitely want to work with 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Coldplay: I want to work with different artists that are going to push my music to a new level. Not just in urban music.

I'm like one of those dudes who organically have talent.

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools.