Quotes from Lil Dicky

In my heart, I believe I'm a top flight comedian and a top flight rapper.

Deep down, I want to be a big rapper. I want people to love what I'm doing.

It's not that I'm playing a rapper. I definitely feel like I'm a legitimate rapper. I just think that, who I am, there's more to me than just being a rapper.

If I apply myself to rap, I'm gonna be the best rapper alive. If I apply myself to comedy, I'm going to be the funniest guy alive.

I care most about what rappers think about me as a rapper, and I've gotten a lot of praise. I think rappers understand I'm a really good rapper, and that means more to me than a random person, you know, 'cause they know what goes into making rap music.

If we're evaluating cool to the way other rappers appear to be cool, then I'm not cool at all.

I'm not ever going to stop rapping. I love rap.

I knew I could rap a little bit, which is not the most unique way for being funny. The more I did it, the better I got at rapping, and then I fell in love with the craft of it, and the possibility that I was a good rapper was very intriguing.

Obviously, my aspirations are to be considered one of the best. Like, anyone rapping should have that mindset.

Rapping works like a sport... the more you do it, the better you get at it.

I always have to poop right before I do a concert. I don't feel nervous, but I think that must be my body reacting.

Personally, I feel like I'm trying to redefine what a really good rapper can be like. Like, I think it's not often where a good rapper can be making funny music.

I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal.

One time, I performed 'Save Dat Money' with Justin Bieber. I was at his album release party, and he was like, 'Do you want to do the song?' I was also on a date, so the date met Justin Bieber, and I couldn't have looked cooler.

The way you respect hip-hop is by being true to yourself.

I think people just have to realize that music grows, and hip-hop evolves. I mean, everything evolves.

I don't spend a ton of time interacting, but I feel like I probably do more than most rappers/artists. I just find it interesting to be able to communicate with fans. It's cool.

I'm pretty self-aware, and I am an embarrassingly flawed human being in a ton of ways.

I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I always preferred it. It set a tone for everything I wanted to do in life.

I grew up when Chris Brown was, like, an icon. He was my ringtone when I was in high school.

My favorite part of festival season is probably the disposable income at hand for me... I get booked for more, and I make more money.

I spent two years making music in San Francisco for my first mixtape. Initially, I was not at all doing this to be a professional rapper, a touring rapper. I didn't think I had that talent level in me.

I can't really rap the way rappers rap; I drive a 2002 Toyota Avalon.

Being funny is my biggest differentiator, and I think I'd be a fool not to use that, and there's nothing I enjoy personally more than making a human being laugh. But then, I also think I have a serious side to me.