Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American rapper Lil Peep.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Gustav Elijah Åhr, known professionally as Lil Peep, was a Swedish-American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He was a member of the emo rap collective GothBoiClique. Helping pioneer an emo revival-style of rap and rock music, Lil Peep has been credited as a leading figure of the mid–late 2010s emo rap scene and came to be an inspiration to outcasts and youth subcultures.
My mom has been calling me Peep my whole life. That's how I got the name.
Future is gonna be remembered forever. Future just has so much quality music.
Some days, I'll be very down and out, but you won't be able to tell, really, because I don't express that side of myself on social media. That's the side of myself that I express through music.
Once I found out that people were really making careers for themselves off the Internet, independently, I was really inspired.
Everything changes with time. You can't predict where you're gonna be next year; you have no idea, you know what I mean?
I'm very... controversial for some reason.
My tattoos have become a part of me. When I look in the mirror, I just see my face.
I don't remember taking pictures with eighty percent of the people that I have taken pictures with.
David Bowie is my biggest inspiration. Pretty much the only thing that stayed the same with Bowie was his eyes. Everything else constantly changed, from his sexuality to his songs.
My first year making music was very experimental. I was trying to find my sound. My second year, I was more in my element. I knew what type of production I wanted to go over and the topics I wanted to address.
I want to go deep into fashion; I want to go maybe into acting. There's a lot of stuff I would like to go into.
I want people to hear what I have to say, and I want to be able to get a lot of points across.
I always knew I was gonna be an artist. I was very confident in that.
I always make music as an art - it's never been a product for me.
I'm surrounded by good people, and I surround myself with good people.
For me, if I saw my favorite artist in the store, I would probably just tell them three words and walk away.
Everybody who cares about me wants me to do therapy, but I just can't do therapy.
People always say that, like, you're a dog person or a cat person. I just love animals. I'm not a dog person or a cat person.
I want to do a lot of different things and dive into different worlds.
I have horrible anxiety.
One of my favorite hip-hop artists is Makonnen. One of my favorite bands is Fall Out Boy. You put those two together, and that's Lil Peep.
Eventually, I want to have my own clothing line.
You have to be grateful for what you have.
I go as hard as I can when I'm anxiety-free.
I did not always know I was gonna get tattoos.
I'm not a Soundcloud rapper anymore.
Sometimes I'll be watching a movie then think to myself that I could do a better job.
I love gas stations. Gas stations have some of the sickest clothes ever. T-shirts, hats, everything.
I grew up listening to a lot of emo music, a lot of rock music, a lot of rap music, a lot of trap music, funk, everything.
Education was never my higher calling.
I can't be normal. I'm probably bipolar.
I do what I want, when I want.
I have a weird definition of family; it's not the same as everyone else's.
I love thrifting.
I like meeting people on a genuine level. Like, 'OK, if this person wants to meet me and I want to meet them, let's do it.' I don't like forcing things.
It's either love or hate with me. People really can hate me.
I've had my heart broken in a lot of different ways a lot of different times by different people - whether it be a family member, a girlfriend, a friend, just all types of relying on people, making yourself vulnerable to people.
I didn't even walk for graduation - I did graduate, though. I got this homeschool deal. I didn't have to go to school because I was depressed, and my mom wrote all these essays for me. I didn't write one of them. She literally got me my diploma.
They let me do my diploma from home, but I always knew I was destined to do something creative, so I didn't care.
My mommy raised me so well.
I always got good grades; I just didn't go to school much. I didn't like it.
Something people wouldn't expect me to do is I play this computer game called 'Runescape.' I've played 'Runescape' since forever. Since I was, like, six. It is still one of my favourite games ever.
I wish I was a little less... passionate. I'm a very passionate person.
There's a lot of cat videos. Cats are just hilarious.
Never be ungrateful.
I help my friends out when they need it. I'm extremely generous.
If you like how people look when they're all covered in tattoos, then you should be covered in tattoos.
I don't care what people think of me. I don't even care what happens to me.
I'd love to be the new Kurt Cobain.
Music makes me cry.
I feel like I'm a creative, and I want to take advantage of that.
People understand my message is positive, and at the end of the day, I'm just here to make music that I enjoy and that other people enjoy. I think that's why I have such a loyal fan base.
I don't mind it. My friends think it's kind of rude of the people to come up to me and treat me like an object.
I never dress the same way for a week - I'll dress like a whole other person the next week.