T.I. Quotes

United States, Actor
September 25, 1980

Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., known professionally as T.I. and Tip (often stylized as TIP or T.I.P.), is an American rapper and actor. Harris signed his first major-label record deal in 1999, with Arista subsidiary LaFace. In 2001, Harris formed the Southern hip hop group P$C, alongside his longtime friends and fellow Atlanta-based rappers Big Kuntry King, Mac Boney and C-Rod. Upon being released from Arista, Harris signed to Atlantic and subsequently became the co-chief executive officer (CEO) of his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records, which he launched in 2003. Harris is also perhaps best known as one of the artists who popularized the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.

Also known as Rapper, Author, Entrepreneur, Record Producer, Songwriter

I'm on top cuz I deserve to beSo simmer down, calm your nerves at leastSpeak your words with peaceBefore you lay out on the curb deceased.

T.I.
- Words
- Calm
I'm happy to be on a winning team. My individual success, that lasts for a short period of time. The success of being a part of the South, of Atlanta, which is now the hot bed of music, that's what's gonna last the longest. The fact that I contributed to planting our flag and moving music to my city, that's what I'm most proud of.

T.I.
- Time
- Music
- Happy

I could see myself in the fur coats, turtleneck sweaters, with the Kangol hats like Slick Rick and Dana Dane. But I could also see myself in a leather Troop suit like LL Cool J.

T.I.
- Cool
- Suits
- Coats
You have to surpass the levels of success that you have already achieved, and that's the challenge. But, it's a welcome challenge. I appreciate it because it brings the best out of me.

T.I.
No more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it, now I take time to thinkBefore I make mistakes just for my family's sake part of me left yesterdayThe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to say that old me dead and gone away

T.I.
- Time
- Family
- Heart
There's a wide variety of demographics for fans of T.I. now, that you have to do something to satisfy everyone.

T.I.
Life experience makes the best music. That's the thing that nobody else can offer. Nobody else can offer my life. I have a life that is fit for movies, music, and so forth. Nobody else can give that.

T.I.
- Life
- Music
- Experience
I want to do things that shock people. I think that persona attributes more to the roles that other people may consider me for, rather than the ones I consider for myself.

T.I.
- People
- Thinking
- May

The one thing we all have in common is that we're human. Why pay more attention to the things that make us different over the things that bring us together?

T.I.
- Different
- Why
- Together
If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else.

T.I.
- Time
- Thinking
- Focus
I always want to execute and maximize off of potential, and this is a natural progression. Coming up as a youngster, I always wanted to be a rapper, but I knew that if I did everything right as a rapper, I'd end up as an actor, following the models of Ice Cube, Tupac [Shakur] and Will Smith.

T.I.
- Up
- Actors
- Ice
All of US sometimes feel that one of the most difficult things in the world is to talk to US about US in an effort to help US.

T.I.
- World
- Help
- Effort
Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that you’re celebrating?

T.I.
- Life
- Party
- Weekend
Whatever column you fall in - Christian, gay, straight, Black, White - there is no world where people exist that are exactly like you. No one group of people can righteously rule the world. There will be people who differ in opinion, and even in that difference of opinion, we must respect each other.

T.I.
- People
- World
- Black

Producing a film is more unfamiliar territory. Although producing an album and overseeing artists is a task within itself. But film is unfamiliar territory so, here and now, that's more difficult.

T.I.
- Artist
- Albums
- Tasks
My rubber burnin, turnin corners beatin like a CongoYou try to jack and pull the strap, it's ASAP prontoThe King of the South, every hood's head honchoI'm West Side certified, go where the fuck I wanna go.

T.I.
- King
- Hood
Ride wit me nigga, lemme show you where we kick it at,Where them suckas livin at, and T.I.P. be chillin atRide wit a G, come and ride wit a G,All through the ATL come and ride wit a G

T.I.
Rubberband man, wide as the teleband9 on my right, .45 in my otha hand

T.I.
- Hand
MTV has always given artists a platform to get their stories and music out to their fans and this series reveals the unknown side of T.I.-one of the world's greatest artists at the most precarious time in his life.

T.I.
- Life
- Time
- World
This is a time where fashion and style go against what I would rather do myself. So I have to pick and choose from people that share my enthusiasm when it comes to certain things.

T.I.
- People
- Time
- Fashion

I give a goddamn if I never sell anotha millaI'll take my ass right back to silla hilla billaCompounds, come down, every day sell yayJust like the old days stack anotha mill up

T.I.
- Up
I can only hope that one day soon we'll understand our true economic buying power by investing in our own communities and putting our money into businesses that keep our dollars in our community.

T.I.
- Money
- Power
- True
I like my beat down low, and my top let backCan see me ride 24's wit a chopper in the back

T.I.
If you want to take what I've learned and use it to your advantage, just listen and you won't have to go through it.

T.I.
- Want
- Use
- I've Learned