Top 35 Bryson Tiller Quotes

I’m a low-key guy. So I like going to places and not being known. So it’s weird when people are saying, ‘Oh, it’s you.’

I never really wanted to be an artist. I just really wanted to write songs. But, of course, I can’t get placement unless I demo the songs.

The Joker is my favorite villain of all time.

‘Been That Way’ is a song that Timbaland gave me. Actually, the beat is. And then he called me to come out there to Miami. I went out there to work with him, and he gave me two beats for my project. One was ‘Sorry Not Sorry,’ and the other one was ‘Been That Way,’ and I recorded both of them in my hotel.

You know how Beyonce has Sasha Fierce? That’s how I am. When I go out onstage, I become a different person.

I was working at Papa John’s full-time. I had just quit my part-time job at UPS. I was there for two years.

I was in New York in 2014. It was still cold outside. I was sitting there working on ‘Exchange’ and ‘Right My Wrongs’ at the time, and a fan had commented on one of my songs called ‘Let Em’ Know’ that was already on my SoundCloud and said, ‘trapsoul movement.’

Everybody always thinks you have to move out of the city and go where the music industry is, but it’s possible in Louisville, and it’s possible anywhere. You just have to believe.

Whenever you fly into Louisville, you see a sign that says, ‘It’s Possible Here.’ I remember my first time seeing it – I think I was coming home from the studio in L.A. – I was working on my debut album, and I just thought, ‘Wow, it is possible here.’

Everybody was telling me I should just stand alone on my first project, and I started to see what they were saying.

It wasn’t until 9th grade that I got into music. This guy in school heard me singing around the hallway to girls and stuff. The girls liked it. One day, he was like, ‘Come to my crib. I got a studio. Come and record a hook for me.’ I recorded the hook on the ‘Lovers & Friends’ beat – Usher.

I can’t just wear whatever when I go out because somebody might want to take a picture. People are, like, taking pictures of me in my car when I’m driving. It’s crazy. I kind of hate it sometimes.

One of my first purchases after I signed to RCA was a BMW. I was driving on the highway, and I heard ‘Don’t’ come on. It was a real moment.

I’m in R&B/Soul, and I feel like all my music is R&B driven. Even some of the songs that are more rap have an R&B feel, so I’m with that.

One thing Drake is known for is putting out good, quality music. To acknowledge me and my music was all I needed to hear from anybody. Nobody could tell me anything after that.

I think the main thing was me having a daughter. I just knew that I had to be a man, so I grew up real quick. Then I started caring about my music more, and I feel like that was the main change between ‘Killer Instinct’ and ‘TRAPSOUL’. I was just like, ‘I need to take this more serious and watch the things I say’.

I wore a uniform to school, so the white-on-white or black-on-black Air Force 1 Low was the simple sneaker to wear, but it was the standard.

Michael B. Jordan is actually cool. He’s like the homie. I’m actually talking to him. He reached out to me a while ago and just showing love for the music after ‘TRaPSOUL’ dropped.

My favorite soul artist, I would have to say D’Angelo. That’s R&B, soul. Trap artist, I would probably have to say…Young Thug.

I started listening to The-Dream a lot. That’s when I really got into writing songs. I like the way he put lyrics and makes his songs. So I was like, ‘All right,’ and I just started writing. That’s when I started wanting to be a songwriter.

Vine is where ‘Don’t’ started popping off. A lot of famous Viners used the song, and that was crazy because I had never been a part of something like that. I drank champagne for the first time when it got 100,000 plays.

I feel like I can do anything. There’s nothing that I can’t do. I couldn’t make music once upon a time, you know what I mean? But I got in the studio every day, and I tried to get better.

I read an article in ‘Forbes’ entitled ‘Six Ways To Achieve Any Goal,’ and it really inspired me and helped me get to where I am today.

Now I kind of have to watch where I go. I can’t just wear whatever when I go out because somebody might want to take a picture. People are, like, taking pictures of me in my car when I’m driving. It’s crazy. I kind of hate it sometimes.

I grew up with my little brother, and we were raised by my grandmother. I was an insider for real. I stayed in the house a lot, writing songs or playing video games, watching TV, or chilling with my girlfriend.

Sometimes my life is moving so fast that I forget what’s going on. I’m just going with the pace or going with the flow. Like, I don’t really stop and try to pay attention to things for too long.

I just wanna make music that people love. If they love the next project that I put out, ‘Thank you’ because that means that I can take care of my family.

It was right after I dropped the song ‘Don’t,’ and it started to go viral a little bit. That’s when I was like, ‘Alright, I might have something here.’ Actually, I wasn’t even going to quit my job, but Timbaland called me – we have a mutual friend – and he was like, ‘Yo man, you need to work in Miami.’

If I had to compare myself to another artist, I wouldn’t. I feel like my lyrics are really strong. I’m good at painting pictures and telling picture stories.

My uncle introduced me to R&B, like Dru Hill, 112 and all those dudes. Eventually, he put me on Omarion’s first album, and that was the first album that made me want to start singing.

I released a song called ‘Let Em Know’ off SoundCloud, and some fan commented on it and was like, ‘Trap soul movement,’ and I was like, ‘Man, that’s dope. What is that?’ And it just sounded like my music. That was the perfect word to describe my music, so I was just like, I’m going to call my project that.

Everybody’s family plays them music, and my grandma used to play a lot of old-school stuff, like Ron Isley and Gladys Knight. Earth, Wind & Fire is the one I started paying attention to. My uncle introduced me to R&B, like Dru Hill, 112 and all those dudes.

I used to sing in church, too. Not like in the choir or anything, but for people around the church… on the church bus going home and Christmas plays.

Every time I go home, I look around, and it feels surreal. Like, I’m not living out of my car anymore, I don’t have to ask people for money.

I always laugh when I listen to my old stuff. I was just trying way too much back then. Doing too many harmonies and too many runs and all the crazy stuff. Rapping all funny and animated.