Yelawolf Quotes
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Skateboarding is a part of Hip-Hop culture. I think it's the fifth element of Hip-Hop - emceeing, deejaying, b-boying, graffiti, and skateboarding. Skateboarders live and die on the streets. It's expression - it's everything that Hip-Hop is.
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You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.
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My fans are like no other. Completely original people.
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I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.
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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.
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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.
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Shady's great; I love Shady Records.
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I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.
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Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.
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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.
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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.
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American music culture is black culture.
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This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.
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Race is still real and you got to recognize it.
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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.
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Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.
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Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming out it can build into something special.
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The best part of performing is the people. I love interacting with people. My favorite part is the crowd. I love rocking out with the crowd, that's definitely the best part.
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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.
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There's no real outlet for making Hip-Hop in Alabama. You need to travel to get heard. You really need to be working though. You need to be going at it every day and getting yourself seen, getting yourself out there on the road, doing shows, making music. It's all about being on your grind.