Yelawolf Quotes

Everybody needs a release. Sometimes people mosh at my shows. That inspired me to make records to get the people more crunk. People need a release and I enjoy being an artist that can do that for people.

'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.

You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid.

I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.

I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.

My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope.

I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.

Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.

You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.

I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.

I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.

I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.

Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.

You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger.

Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.

I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.

American music culture is black culture.

How many ya'll parents smoke weed? My momma still grows illegal weed in Alabama.

Race is still real and you got to recognize it.

Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.

Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.

You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.

I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.

For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much.

I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.