Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Lil Jon

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Lil Jon.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Lil Jon

Jonathan Henry Smith better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, DJ, record producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre crunk, and is credited with bringing the genre into mainstream success. Lil Jon frequently collaborates with Miami-based rapper Pitbull, Bay Area-based rappers Too Short and E-40, participates as one-third of an unofficial trio consisting of Atlanta-based artists Ludacris and Usher who frequently create songs together.

I always want to align myself with stuff that's part of doing good. I don't ever want to put myself with something that's not cool and hip. And if you can keep that you can always have fans to support you as well.
I'm coming to Silicon Valley to turn up!
I've been wanting to do a Christmas song for forever. — © Lil Jon
I've been wanting to do a Christmas song for forever.
I love playing at Surrender because they let me be free and be myself... it's family, you know?
The energy from these records, that's what makes crunk so popular; that's why it's winning, because it makes you move a certain way.
Yeah, I actually still have my crates that I used to DJ out of when I was first DJing - my crates that I would travel with and take to the club.
It takes time to restore an old historic car - you can't just do it overnight. That's how I look at the administration that came before Obama.
Children shouldn't have to suffer for any reason.
I am used to working long hours with no sleep.
People think, 'Oh, I don't need to worry about him,' and they underestimate me because I am a rapper.
The Apprentice' was one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
I'm all about helping children.
I was DJ'ing house music way back when - I'm not like a new house guy.
I'm kind of quiet. — © Lil Jon
I'm kind of quiet.
I ain't going to buy no iPhone.
We definitely have to take care of our teachers more. Raise the pay. Give them the tools they need.
We've never been squeaky-clean from the jump. We've never been Disney or Sesame Street, you know.
The songs that I've done represent partying, so when people come see me in Vegas they know that they're going to have a good time.
The word 'crunk' means energy. 'Crunk' is the past tense of crank. So if you crank something up, you are getting it started and getting it going. So 'crunk' is when it's going... when it's off the hook.
Vegas shows me a lot of love.
I think Hillary is about it for 2016.
Well, 'Crunk Rock' doesn't mean rock. Initially when I started the album, I did collaborate with a bunch of rock musicians and producers. But as I started to have time to free my mind and catch different vibes, it started to mean something different.
For me, I put Mac Dre right up there with Biggie and 'Pac as legends who have since passed on.
As a producer and DJ, I just like makin' great music and hot records for the club.
I love to make people have a good time and I love to make people party.
When you have a lot of stress and negativity around you, when you cut that away, you cleanse.
Yeah, every artist I think should look at themselves as a brand because the more appealing your brand is, the more money you can make off your brand.
The teachers teach the children that are going to take care of us. These are our future leaders, doctors, lawyers. So, they need to have everything in their arsenal to teach these kids.
I wanted to play drums and if I didn't play drums, I wouldn't make music and drums are the foundation for what I do.
I started DJ-ing in the '90s. DJ-ing is in every record I do. When I make records I make them for DJs.
Like when you hear Aretha Franklin sing - it touches your soul. Crunk music, it makes you just wanna lose your mind - just be free and wild out.
Of course I'm a big fan of Migos and we crossed paths on the road a bunch of times.
You can listen to the records and know: We're really street.
Nowhere else in America is everyone really ready to get outta their minds. No pun intended, like my song. Vegas is that place.
I say all the time when someone asks me how I am, 'I woke up today, I'm alive.' Basically meaning people complain about so much, but you know what... you're alive. Some people don't wake up.
If you are having a hard week, turn on one of my songs. Some people are here for different things in life. My job is to make you forget about your troubles.
I think I'm most well-known for 'Yeah.' The word 'Yeah' and my voice.
Celebrity Apprentice' was something where you don't know what you're going to do the next day. Every two days, somebody goes home, and you don't know if the next day you've got to be the project manager or what's going to happen, so you can't really prepare. You really have to be on top of everything.
Vegas' energy is wild. — © Lil Jon
Vegas' energy is wild.
Vegas is really rock and roll.
I like a nice chicken taco. And of course fajitas.
When you're living the Crunk Rock lifestyle, you don't let anybody tell you what to do. You live your life to the fullest, you live every day like it's your last, and you party like a rock star. It's just a crazy lifestyle.
I'm always on the road.
I'm here to make people feel like they can release stress, have a good time, be positive and live life.
Children are our future and every child deserves to have an environment where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge.
The work that Rock The Vote does is incredible. So it's cool to collab with such an iconic organization.
When I check in at the Encore, they're like, 'Welcome back, sir.' I'm back home, it's like my second home.
I can't walk through the airport without grandmothers and daughters and little kids saying, 'I watch you on Celebrity Apprentice.' That's a good feeling.
Vegas people come with the attitude that they're gonna go hard and party. I've partied in Ibiza and all over the world, and I think Vegas is the best party. — © Lil Jon
Vegas people come with the attitude that they're gonna go hard and party. I've partied in Ibiza and all over the world, and I think Vegas is the best party.
I've been coming to Vegas for so many years working in Vegas, so many years I might as well live here.
I've done a good job of not putting myself in a box, being able to transform, and not being scared to try new things.
No matter what kind of artist you are, you like good music.
I think Obama's done a great job.
I love Vegas cuz everybody who comes to hear me DJ is ready to party.
I've been blessed. Every few years, I'll connect with somebody and put out a record with somebody that keeps me relevant.
Zumba is world-wide, respected and it's about health. It's something that you really didn't expect from me. People have been blown away to find out that Zumba and I have partnered up.
They let me put the Stanley Cup in my car. I got hookups.
I can sit in the boardroom and battle it out, step up and be a project manager, take risks, and put my ideas alongside anybody's.
As a technology guy, and someone in music, I'm on top of technology and social media.
Drake gets you bouncin'!
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