Lil Durk

Rapper

1992-10-19

Quotes by Lil Durk

• Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself.

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• I was 17 and out of school, living with my mom, starving, not eating, getting locked up, no focus, no guidance. When you ain't got no guidance, you can't do too much. But then I had my first son and started working. I got the right people around me.

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• I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they're in, know that they can make do and have a better life.

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• I use the studio as my drug. That's where I relieve everything at - the studio.

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• I'll never stick to one sound, I switch it up.

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• Bone Thugs is one of my favorite rap groups of all time. I listened to them all the time when I was a kid.

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• We came from nothing really. One house. Ten people. Even days the lights was off. The worst days was not eating. Surviving off rice and toast.

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• What really broke it down was I had my son while I was locked up, so that really affected me. I can't really have this, knowing my father was locked up when I was small. So that really out of everything - through the fame, the money, everything - that really put the toll on me: 'Oh yeah, I gotta change.'

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• I'm always going to be able to touch fans and get new fans because everybody goes through something everyday. I just keep touching different subjects by talking to the streets and reaching out to my fans by telling them a story instead of just giving them music to listen.

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• I wanna get the streets riled back up. I wanna get super tours and bookings.

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• 'Trap House' is one of my favorite songs off '300 Days 300 Nights' mixtape, I sent it to Thug, he loved it and knocked it out on the spot in Atlanta.

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• I made 'LS4TS2' for women, my Day 1's, the trenches, and all those that doubted me.

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• Put your own twist to it. That's how you say relevant. Or things get old and boring.

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• I like aiming for the producers who are hungry. I don't chase the wave.

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• You got to want to evolve. It's something you can practice on but it just came to me. I wasn't really sitting there like, 'What can I do to get better?' It just came to me, talking to my people and my crew. They just tell me what my strongest and weakest points are at.

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• You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.

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