Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American rapper Tyler, The Creator.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Tyler Gregory Okonma, professionally known as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future.
I'm not a follower. I'm a leader. And anyone who speaks their mind is always criticised.
I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.
I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.
I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.
I'm like a big 10-year-old when I'm on stage. I just go up there and do whatever I think is cool at the moment.
If the world was ending, I think I would grab some Cinnamon Toast Crunch, a bunch of water, and I'd probably just... I'd probably go crazy.
Humans have voids, and you need things to fill voids... I didn't have a dad to fill that male model void, so when I heard Eminem or freaking seen Dave Chapelle, that's what I gravitated to.
I'm not hip-hop. I'm Tyler.
I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all.
I'm not into fashion, but I like design. I wear the same shoes every day.
I never want to grow up.
Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.
Somebody called me a homophobe. I'm not homophobic.
I tweet early in the morning when I wake up or late at night just to let you know that I have a show or what's on my mind, and that's it. I hate Snapchat and all of that. It's making kids so stupid.
I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter.
To me, Sid Vicious is cool. Super chill.
Hawthorne sucks... It's a crazy place, and I'm happy that I was the weird one that got out.
Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.
The thing is, I make music I like. So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.
I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fine. My close friends are fine. They don't have to worry about anything ever again.
I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.
I'm a big 'Goosebumps' fan - 'Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes.' My favorites are the pick-your-own-death ones.
I don't like people around me sad. I like making people happy.
I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.
I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.
I want to design jewelry for girls and guys... I'ma spread it out, but I'ma design, probably when I'm just designing furniture and buildings, I'll probably being the jewelry thing, too.
Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.
I try to tell all the - not even the kids, even people older than me - to just be themselves. Don't wear what I wear 'cause I wear it; wear what you like.
I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better.
For the record, I don't worship the devil. I just hate religion.
I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.
I'm a pretty nice dude. I have fun, and people take it the wrong way.
I think, if I had a dad, I would have went the normal college route. I'm so stoked my life panned out how it was.
I don't like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?
My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.
I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap.
I never had a drink in my life. I don't smoke or anything.
I want the cheesy dates at the movies, the stupid walks at the beach and sharing straws in a cup
I sold my soul to the devil. Lucifer will have my soul.
Wayne's cool. I ran into him at my hangout back home, and he's just cool. I actually have this beat that I want him on, but I was too scared to get it to Clancy to get to them, but Wayne's cool.
The devil doesn't wear prada; I'm clearly in a -- white tee.
I don't smoke at all. I think that cigarettes are actually retarded. I don't understand why people do that to themselves.
Golf Media is basically my brain in one place. It does just about everything except cure asthma. If you find an app that cures asthma, definitely let me know.
My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is.
I'm a really, really, smart, multi-talented almost-genius, who's very annoying.
Listen deeper than the music before you put it in the box.
I slipped myself some pink Xannies/And danced around the house in all-over print panties.
I like my raps but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself.
Yo I'm seventeen, already sniffin blow. I tell my friends its asthmary time I itch my throat, I got a new show for MTV, Pimp My Boat.