Tyler, the Creator Quotes

“I slipped myself some pink Xannies/And danced around the house in all-over print panties.”

“Wayne's cool. I ran into him at my hangout back home, and he's just cool. I actually have this beat that I want him on, but I was too scared to get it to Clancy to get to them, but Wayne's cool.”

“I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.”

“I try to tell all the - not even the kids, even people older than me - to just be themselves. Don't wear what I wear 'cause I wear it; wear what you like.”

“I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.”

“I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fine. My close friends are fine. They don't have to worry about anything ever again.”

“I'm a pretty nice dude. I have fun, and people take it the wrong way.”

“I'm not into fashion, but I like design. I wear the same shoes every day.”

“Yo I'm seventeen, already sniffin blow. I tell my friends its asthmary time I itch my throat, I got a new show for MTV, Pimp My Boat.”

“To me, Sid Vicious is cool. Super chill.”

“I like my raps but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself.”

“The thing is, I make music I like. So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.”

“Golf Media is basically my brain in one place. It does just about everything except cure asthma. If you find an app that cures asthma, definitely let me know.”

“My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.”

“I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all.”

“My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is.”

“I'm a really, really, smart, multi-talented almost-genius, who's very annoying.”

“I don't smoke at all. I think that cigarettes are actually retarded. I don't understand why people do that to themselves.”

“I'm not hip-hop. I'm Tyler.”

“I'm like a big 10-year-old when I'm on stage. I just go up there and do whatever I think is cool at the moment.”

“Humans have voids, and you need things to fill voids... I didn't have a dad to fill that male model void, so when I heard Eminem or freaking seen Dave Chapelle, that's what I gravitated to.”

“I never had a drink in my life. I don't smoke or anything.”

“I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.”

“Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.”

“I don't like people around me sad. I like making people happy.”

“I tweet early in the morning when I wake up or late at night just to let you know that I have a show or what's on my mind, and that's it. I hate Snapchat and all of that. It's making kids so stupid.”

“I don't like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?”

“Listen deeper than the music before you put it in the box.”

“Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.”

“I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter.”

“I'm a big 'Goosebumps' fan - 'Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes.' My favorites are the pick-your-own-death ones.”

“I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.”

“Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.”

“I never want to grow up.”

“Hawthorne sucks... It's a crazy place, and I'm happy that I was the weird one that got out.”

“I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.”

“I want to design jewelry for girls and guys... I'ma spread it out, but I'ma design, probably when I'm just designing furniture and buildings, I'll probably being the jewelry thing, too.”

“I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap.”