Lil Uzi Vert Quotes

1. “I'm just doing me, and to me, that's what got me this far.”

2. “If you're you, it doesn't matter if you're the most boring person in the world: someone will like you. You're not trying to be anyone else.”

3. “I stopped thinking; I just go out, and everything is in the moment. I just stop thinking and start moving - you just gotta be you.”

4. “I like to look cool and dress nice. Lil Uzi is a rock star. Just know that.”

5. “One thing I could tell you is that I'm all over the place.”

6. “There are always people who are into the old way of doing things. I don't think it's a bad thing necessarily, but things change - nothing stays the same. If you can stay true to yourself, you're always going to be legendary.”

7. “I got different moods. Like, if I'm in a good mood, I listen to 'Up' by Thug. If I'm not in a good mood, I'll listen to 'King TROUP' - that's a real emotional one.”

8. “There's enough money for everybody. See, I can't do what Yachty does. But then again, Yachty can't do what I do.”

9. “'Vert' is, like, straight to the top, like a vertical leap.”

10. “I just want to be successful. I'm not going to sit here and be like, 'I want to win a Grammy' or whatever; if that comes, that's awesome. But I just want to be successful and provide for my whole family and get my family out the hood.”

11. “I'm a real big Marilyn Manson fan. I get a lot of my styles from him. Not even musically - living-wise, too. Marilyn Manson definitely shows me you shouldn't care what nobody say. I watched a bunch of his interviews, and he's not just an artist; he's one of the most intelligent people I ever saw in my life.”

12. “Mike Jones, Ying Yang Twins, then a little later, Wiz Khalifa and Meek Mill, too. It was the repetitive stuff with Mike Jones when he would give out his number, and I also like his style. Back then, actually, I still think du-rags, grillz, and stuff like that are cool.”

13. “I just take rock songs and mix it with hip-hop and a little bit of R&B.”

14. “I really didn't want to rap; I was just a regular kid.”

15. “Don't get me wrong: school is good and all, but school is way too slow for me. Like, super slow. So I didn't want to go. I wanted to learn on my own with real life experiences.”

16. “Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi.”

17. “I don't know… Philly's a little different. It's a little bit more competitive. Everybody's got something to prove. In Atlanta, you see stars every day walking down the street; it's normal.”

18. “I really didn't want to rap; I was just a regular kid. My friend - his name is William Aston - we went to the same high school together, and he was rapping. He put out a freestyle over Chris Brown's 'Look at Me Now,' and it was fire, and the whole school went crazy.”

19. “The thing that makes me different from any other rapper is that I usually talk real crazy in my songs.”

20. “I never wanted to be no rapper.”

21. “The type of music I make, it's not just straight-up rapping. There's emotion in it. That's why people feel each song differently. I get all my vibes from rock music, you know? All my melodies and all that.”

22. “I got a lot of influences. I got relevant influences today. I got influences that you wouldn't even think of. I'm very influenced by Marilyn Manson. His style is ridiculous. Like, honestly, if you want me to keep it 100, Marilyn Manson has as much style as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams.”

23. “I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want to go back to school. I mean, my family was mad about that. Because, you know, you tell your family you want to rap, and they look at you like you're crazy.”

24. “My first CD that I had was the Ying Yang Twinz, and my grandma bought it for me. Honestly, I think my grandma got it from a thrift store or something. She just got it for me. It was in downtown Philadelphia. And I would listen to it. I liked it. None of my friends did, though, but I liked it.”

25. “A whole bunch of 'ayes' and a whole bunch of 'yeahs.' That's it. That's all I do. I say yeah. I tell myself that I'm not gon' go over 80. I say, like, 79 yeahs, and it works. We what you call mumble rappers. So you say 'yeah' after everything and make it rhyme no matter what it is.”

26. “Everybody really don't rock with each other in Philly - that's a problem. 'Cause me being in Atlanta now, I stay in Atlanta, and I get to see everybody work with everybody no matter what.”

27. “Atlanta is down south, the club. So the most thing played down there is club music. Everybody wants a hit.”