1.
I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'
Young Thug
I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a hoodlum, so I need to be a hoodlum. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was an exemplar, so I need to be an exemplar.'
2.
Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age. By the time I turn that old, I ain't gonna be doing what he's doing.
Young Thug
I think highly of Jay Z's lyrical abilities, but I would not purchase his album due to our age discrepancy. By the time I reach his age, I am unlikely to be engaging in similar activities.
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When you see them be successful, however small, you say to yourself, wow. And everything becomes possible. Never denigrate, to say we will not succeed.
Young Thug
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I always knew I could rap, and in a sense I always rapped. And I've always behaved like a rapper. But I started to take it seriously when I recorded with the people of Brick when I started to receive some money.
Young Thug
5.
I know that everybody listens to me, but only my true fans will go and buy my album.
Young Thug
6.
I never write. Never! I do not even remember if I can write … This is a true freestyle in general. I put a beat, I said some stuff, I retain ideas, I do it again, with a particular intonation, I test, and especially I record live.
Young Thug
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I just put anything on my back. I take what I have on hand.
Young Thug
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This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry. You have to be on deck all the time, but you do not have the time to do the album. It is an energy, it must be present in everyday life.
Young Thug
9.
You must not you worry about leaks or pieces [stolen] on your computer. You just make songs, you gotta make music, keep stuff out. You may not know rap, but that's how it works.
Young Thug
10.
I do not always listen again but if something strikes me, I exploit it.
Young Thug
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If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors. Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age.
Young Thug
12.
For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a kid.
Young Thug
13.
I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now.
Young Thug
14.
I know, every time I get somewhere, it'll be strange. But if I understand correctly, I also have fans here and it reassures me.
Young Thug
15.
Today I live in the suburbs, in a neighborhood [that's not] too bad.
Young Thug
16.
Gucci Mane is my brother, Birdman also, we're working together but it is a form of brotherhood. We're friends but there is no need to contract. In a sense, I'm signed on their labels, but there is no lawyer, no contract.
Young Thug
17.
I must have in stock 3000 songs you've never heard.
Young Thug
18.
I spend more time with Gucci [Mane] or Birdman than 300, but all this is just family. Who cares [about] contracts?
Young Thug
19.
The best way to use the auto-tune is not to! And that's what I do: I do not use auto-tune!
Young Thug
20.
I never write. Never! I do not even remember if I can write.
Young Thug
21.
I'm always in range of a microphone. I even have a studio at home.
Young Thug
22.
[I like in Kanye West] confidence in him, but also his aggressiveness, ambition and charisma.
Young Thug
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All those who came out of my neighborhood before me. Beyond those you see on TV, the most important people are those who are close to you because they share the same reality.
Young Thug
24.
I'm signed to Atlantic through 300 Entertainment [Lyor Cohen's label]. That is my only contractual relationship.
Young Thug
25.
A mixtape is for the street, it's something you without necessarily thinking about it, because you have to stay in the game. It's like writing an e-mail saying hello to your friends.
Young Thug
26.
I am always with London On Da Track, Wheezy, 808 Mafia Mike Will Made It, Ricky Racks.
Young Thug
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This is the industry that wants [music], the rap industry.
Young Thug
28.
I repeat it until it works. It is important to record, otherwise you lose ideas. That's why I never stay away from the studio, I always [have] something to ask.
Young Thug
29.
An album is a project with which you have to hit hard.
Young Thug
30.
This is where the guys who copy me are planted: I do not use auto-tune, I sing. That's my advice!
Young Thug
31.
I do my stuff, my "mixtapes," as you say. We just need time to capture. After that, I do not know what he thinks, but for me, it is time to get things together.
Young Thug
32.
I know I have this image but in reality, if you take all my records, I had to use five or six [tracks].
Young Thug
33.
It was stressful [to live as a child in a Sylvian Hills]. It's always been complicated, honestly... I do not really want to tell you, actually. It bothers me that you want me to tell this.
Young Thug
34.
Mixtapes, it's for everyone and you throw them in the trash quickly. While an album is an object that only your real fans take the trouble to buy and know you have prepared something special.
Young Thug
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The same image that I have of all the countries where I am supposed to go: it's far, it's different, it will be necessarily complicated ... It's another part of the world for me coming [from] the United States.
Young Thug
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I am not versed in production software. I have basic knowledge, but it ends there.
Young Thug
37.
It's a pretty crazy thing in which I tried to make songs, real songs, not the quick stuff like on a tape. A dose of Kendrick Lamar, a dose of J. Cole... because it's got to be an album that goes [in the] club.
Young Thug
38.
When my song "Danny Glover" leaked, I was a little bummed, but it finally allowed Kanye West [to listen]. One of my biggest surprises was his reaction: he liked [it] and he said he wanted to make a record together.
Young Thug
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It was [Kanye West] who spoke, and then we met and recorded some songs. After, you know what it is: we all bump like crazy.
Young Thug
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I feel close to [Kanye West]. We're friends, this is not just a working relationship.
Young Thug
