Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Lil Yachty

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Lil Yachty.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Lil Yachty

Miles Parks McCollum, known professionally as Lil Yachty, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. McCollum first gained recognition on the internet in 2015 for his singles "One Night" and "Minnesota" from his debut EP Summer Songs. He released his debut mixtape Lil Boat in March 2016. In June 2016, Yachty announced that he had signed a joint venture record deal with Motown, Capitol Records, and Quality Control Music.

I ask myself all the time, 'How do I always go viral?'
I remember being in jail, like, 'Man, I'm not old enough.' And then I thought, 'I just turned 18.' I had just turned old enough to be in big people jail.
I always knew I was going to be something. I didn't know what. — © Lil Yachty
I always knew I was going to be something. I didn't know what.
I hate serious rap. It's boring.
I don't feed into negativity. I thankfully don't. That's just me.
My No. 1 key with fans is, honestly, to stay connected with them. I think it's important to talk to the fans online and respond to their questions. You know, live streaming, playing video games.
People used to always laugh at my hair, stuff like that.
I'm out here trying to promote positivity on a global scale.
I don't hang out. I don't go to clubs, ever. I don't party.
I don't really know how to describe how I got into music - it kind of just happened.
I'm not normally big on suits.
Serious rap music puts me to sleep.
I enjoyed being a teenager. — © Lil Yachty
I enjoyed being a teenager.
There's no way I'm not gonna have a gun, 'cause you just never know what'll go down in Atlanta. But I'd rather be able to protect myself and have the right, and not have to think about the consequences if I'm just trying to protect myself.
I'm like HBK. I'm like Shawn Michaels.
I feel like people just try and throw a shot at me just so I can respond.
I don't eat fruit.
I'm an emotional person. I'm not going to deny that. If I feel a certain way, I'll express it on the track.
I'm one of the biggest Kid Cudi fans of all time. He's very relatable.
I always hear I have the voice-over voice.
You have to understand that your music isn't for everybody; your job isn't to please everybody.
I feel like Soulja Boy was one of the smartest when it came to connecting with your fans and taking that to another level.
I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't do nothing, bro.
I'm 100 percent sunshine.
That's how things work: you be who you are, and then people like you. They gravitate.
Just do what you want to do, and who cares what people think. That's always been my thing.
I'm like the youth's big brother now. I have to be that voice for them.
I never freestyle. I always give a written verse cause I just don't wanna go out like that.
Not really a perfectionist, but everybody around me is.
When I made 'Lil Boat,' my first mixtape, I didn't have a drop date, a due date. I didn't have critics rating on it; I was just making it. And then when I finished it, I dropped it at my own smoothness, at my own pace.
I hate being alone. That's why I like being with my friends: we've got energy; we're social as hell.
I don't wear anything more than once most of the time. I try not to wear the same thing twice. I have too many clothes to wear the same thing twice.
If you got the talent and the drive, there are ways to get noticed.
I want to say it's important that you vote, that you get out there.
My mom and dad got divorced when I was, like, 8, and when I went to my dad's house on the weekend, he'd play a lot of music: Miles Davis, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Elton John.
When you're in the studio, you can't be like, 'I want to make music that everybody will like!' You have really understand your fan base, what they like, and that's what you do it for.
My mother always taught me a lot of important life lessons, and she would always tell me how important it was to tip. We didn't have much money, so we would tip what we could. Now, it's at the point I'm financially stable. When I'm out eating, I hope I have the cash, but if I write it on the receipt, I'll leave a big tip.
Ain't nobody ever seen a picture of me with no gun. I have my guns for safety. — © Lil Yachty
Ain't nobody ever seen a picture of me with no gun. I have my guns for safety.
I want to do movies.
I'm not influencing the youth in no bad way. I'm doing can drives at my shows.
I did buy my mother a Range Rover and a new crib. It feels good to say that.
Frank Ocean is super dope! He's like a ghost. He's, like, not really real. I didn't think he was real until I met him.
I felt love on 'Lil Boat 2.' People say my first project, 'Lil Boat,' was my best project, but I didn't feel it because I was so new, and it took a minute to grow.
I'm just fire.
When you come from living in a dorm room with no clothes, no girls, no cars, and then you go to having three cars, girls, and money, you can't help but be genuinely happy that things are moving in a positive direction.
I was always curious about, like, how does hot sauce work? Growing up I used to wonder, 'If I touched it, was it hot?'
I didn't think I would work for Nautica. I never thought in my life I would have a Sprite deal, never in my life did I think I would have a Target deal, ever.
I'm not a rapper; I'm an artist. And I'm more than an artist. I'm a brand. — © Lil Yachty
I'm not a rapper; I'm an artist. And I'm more than an artist. I'm a brand.
I was in a group called the Yacht Club, and they were all older than me. I was kind of the baby.
When I first started recording music, we would record in the closet with socks on the mic.
I've never had beer. It smells so disgusting.
I love Beyonce and Jay Z.
Most of my influences aren't rap. I love Coldplay.
I'm pretty normal. That's why I feel like I hope most teenagers can relate.
If you're a fan of me, then you know my friends, because I push them just as hard.
I am happy every day, because life is moving in a very positive way.
You look more like a legend when you accomplish a lot at a young age.
I want to open a restaurant, and I want to start selling properties. I want to own some stock.
I rightfully respect Killer Mike a hundred percent. He knows my father; he's known my father for years.
I used to have visions of flashing lights and red carpets.
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