82 Sad and Funny Tyler The Creator Quotes About Rapping

Tyler, the Creator has had his fair share of controversy on and off the stage in his music career. However, it’s drive and persistence that we adore here at Execute Resources.

Like any good rapper, he’s creative and drives inspiration from his own story and challenges. So if you need a dose of motivation and want to say goodbye to authority, then these quotes are for you.

1. I think I’m good. that’s all that matters.

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2. I’m a really, really, smart, multi-talented almost-genius, who’s very annoying.

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3. I’ve never been embarrassed or afraid. If I meet an obstacle, there always a way to go over it, under it or blow the roof off it.

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4. I do not want to make people around me unhappy. I like to make people happy.

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5. What’s odd about the future? I think we’re all gonna die pretty soon, and the animals are gonna take over—like ostriches and shit. I think they’re gonna take over the world and we’re gonna be their slaves.

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6. I don’t smoke at all. I think that cigarettes are actually retarded. I don’t understand why people do that to themselves.

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7. If I fail, I move on. That’s it.

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8. I never want to grow up.

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9. Well, a lot of people think that stuff is deeper than it really is. Some people just think too much.

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10. I wasn’t shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

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11. Unlike most of the people I grew up with, I got out.

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12. In High School I was friends with the white skaters, the black rappers and the nerds.

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13. You’ll be surprised the type of races that I bring together, which is really cool. The races are cool—the people kinda suck, some of their mentalities.

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14. 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.

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15. You want to be successful, but you want to keep your creative vision.

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16. I love talking about music. I’ll show you a song and break it down for 50 minutes. I’m a geek about it.

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17. It may not make you popular and it isn’t easy.

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18. 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 time.

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19. 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.

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20. 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.

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21. I’m gonna just continue to be myself and do what I like. Again, people are just so quick to judge shit ’cause they don’t understand it. But I understand what I’m doing, and that’s all that should matter.

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22. Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.

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23. 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.

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24. You gotta keep things fun…Laughing is really important to your health, believe it or not, so I guess I just always try to have fun and keep the energy alive.

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25. A lot of people would ask me to perform at their things—I’ve turned down a lot of shit ’cause I just don’t fuck with it.

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26. Since day one, I’ve always wanted to make the prettiest s*it that’s borderline boring or the hardest f**king sh*t…I’ve been trying to mix those together since my first album.

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27. If it doesn’t really excite me or it’s not on my goal list, I say no. Sometimes I don’t want all this shit on me. Sometimes people only look at me, and I have to remind them that it’s, like, seven other niggas I’m with.

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28. 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.

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29. I’m a pretty nice dude. I have fun, and people take it the wrong way.

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30. I still can’t read music to this day, still can’t even tell you what chord I’m playing, I just know.

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31. Wherever my curiosity takes me, I follow. If I f**king hate it, I’m on to the next thing. A lot of people don’t move like that and it just boggles my mind. It’s like a math problem I can’t comprehend.

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32. I don’t like the word ‘brand,’ because it makes me think of a bunch of people sitting around a table… but I (proactively) do things to avoid repeating myself.

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33. Tell these black kids they can be who they are. Dye your hair blue. Sh*t, I’ll do it too.

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34. You cop kush, my nigga I cop houses and fill ’em with some Leo Di Caps and some Cole Sprouse’s.

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35. My lyrics aren’t offensive. Some people find everything offensive.

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36. I don’t like people around me sad. I like making people happy.

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37. I don’t like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?

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38. I’m an optimistic guy. I’m one of those big dreamers. I’m one of those kids with that annoying imagination.

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39. I really want to sing, but my tone is really much deeper than what I want.

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40. I think people get caught up in having an identity.

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41. There are people I really admire. But they influence me pretty heavy right now because my own style is still blossoming. So I’m not going to tell you who they are because then you’ll know where I’m stealing from.

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42. I am a businessman, you have never been a man.

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43. 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.

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44. In school I was the one thinking outside of boxes, so everybody in them would say I got problems.

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45. I love my raps, but I’m never happy with them as I think they could be better.

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46. I’m not a follower. I’m a leader. And anyone who speaks their mind is always criticized.

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47. You just gotta be aware of certain shit and just know.

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48. It’s actually beautiful that we’re aware of this superpower that we have where we’re just us, no matter what. We don’t get nervous in front of people. We look in the mirror and we’re okay with it.

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49. I’m not into fashion, but I like design. I wear the same shoes every day.

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50. Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.

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51. Yeah, it’s crazy that sometimes we put so much emphasis on words and what’s said rather than that energy and the feeling of it.

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52. I’m running like a politician!

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53. People are more obsessed with the idea of failing than the idea of succeeding.

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54. Somebody called me a homophobe. I’m not.

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55. I just want everyone to be awesome. That’s all it is. I want everyone to be cool in their own way.

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56. They say success is the best revenge so I beat DeShay up with the stack of magazines I’m in.

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57. Everyone around me isn’t dumb. I could bring them with me on the zombie-apocalypse team.

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58. I was sitting like, there’s nothing I want to buy. I was fully okay with life. It was nothing I was stressed about. I wasn’t sore nowhere. I’m financially good. Everyone around me is healthy. No grudges. The weather was great.

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59. I want the cheesy dates at the movies, the stupid walks at the beach and sharing straws in a cup.

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60. Don’t be scared of color.

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61. I sold my soul to the devil. Lucifer will have my soul.

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62. Do what the fuck makes you happy. Because in the end, who’s there? You.

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63. I can grab the fireworks, the soda, all the cookies we can eat. Make you nauseous but be cautious, this is not Dawson’s Creek.

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64. Run it up sounds like victory

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65. Honestly, I’m a weak bitch. My punches are not good. I can run fast, but if I had to hold somebody from falling off a cliff, they’re going to die.

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66. Jesus called and said he sick of the disses. I told him to quit bitchin’

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67. I don’t like to sit on the couch and watch Netflix, I like being outside and I like when the sun is right here.

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68. I live in my own head and it all makes sense to me.

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69. For the record, I don’t worship the devil. I just hate religion.

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70. 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.

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71. I’m not trying to change the direction of anything. I’m just doing what I wanna do, saying what I wanna say, and if the shit happens to change, then that’s cool. But I just like making the music I like making.

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72. I don’t have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I’m making the music.

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73. I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know much about color theory. I never went to school for it. So I don’t know the rules. I just know what I think looks good and what I don’t like.

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74. Being in love is cool as hell, like having feelings and sh*t, it’s tight.

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75. When you finally find someone to listen to you after years of not being taken seriously, you hold that shit to your heart.

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76. I’m not an asshole, I just don’t give a fuck a lot.

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77. I never had a drink in my life. I don’t smoke or anything.

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78. Usually, when I’m rapping ‘, I’m making a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.

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79. 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.

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80. 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.

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81. Most people want to do what they want, but they’re not allowed to, so I’m like their escape to say all the shit they wish they could say.

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82. I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.

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