Top 70 Denzel Curry Quotes

White man get money – stay rich, kids get rich. Black man get money – it’s the countdown till, ‘When is this brother gonna go broke?’ I’m not going broke.

That’s what you gonna get with me: the dark aspects of life. Of course, you’ve got to have some type of light in there, but if it was all light, you’d be blinded. You’ve got to balance them out.

If you look at ‘Threatz’ and ‘Parents,’ then you look at ‘Zone 3,’ all of that is nostalgic.

I never wanted to perform like a rapper.

I’m a weirdo, but everybody’s weird in some kind of way.

I ain’t gonna lie: I have dude fans; most of my fans are dudes.

Carol City crazy, man, but it’s home at the same time.

Everybody was down on me saying I can’t rap, so I wanted to show everybody that I could actually do this. That’s what motivated me.

No matter who you are, you’re gonna feel alienated by somebody.

People wanna escape the truth sometimes.

Always be true to you. But learn how to adapt, too. That’s something I wish I did when I was younger.

The more I pay attention, the more I’m in tune with my fans and myself. It’s how I keep raising up.

I draw my own stuff. I do my own cover artwork.

Didn’t really go to no high school parties, man.

Melody wins every time. Melody is always gonna win.

I fear God. If my time comes, my time comes.

Life is dark.

There’s such a thing as good stress and bad stress. Bad stress is when somebody else stresses you out, and good stress is when you stress yourself out over something you want to accomplish, which makes you want to perfect it.

Raider Klan was crazy because we all had our own personalities and our own little worlds when it came down to this music. It was the first step to creating your own weird little universe.

When I started using SoundCloud, it was just becoming a thing.

If I have a message to send, I’m going to send it in the most creative and yet crazy way I can.

The thing about abuse is it’s just a cycle of hatred. The person who is gonna abuse you has been abused, and he continues that same cycle of hatred.

I like being regular.

I like the way punk people perform better than rappers, because rappers suck at performing – no offense.

The reason I like Sagittarius is because they’re like an Aquarius in a fire sign.

‘Nostalgic’ was just all my influences and me just being like, ‘Yo, I’m going to be the hardest one out of everybody.’

As an Aquarius, I was born an outsider. I’m awkward at social events. I can be social, but I feel like nobody truly understands who I am.

I did karate.

I rap about life in general, particularly my life, unless telling a story.

If I went to a major, you never know – what if they don’t like the stuff I do? I could just get shelved. And then I’m stuck in a contract, and I can’t leave. And if that happens, you’re gonna realize, you’re going to start hating it, so the power with being indie is you could do whatever you want.

I want to master every style of music. I want to master every way of performing. I want to master every artsy music video style and just be the greatest of all-time.

I listen to Robb Bank$, not only because he is a South Florida native, but that’s my homeboy. I listen to him frequently.

I’ve learned there’s a difference between friends and associates.

I remember when ‘Nostalgic 64’ first dropped, and it became popular, Shady wanted to sign me at one point.

My upbringing and my daily day-to-day struggles and emotions make up most of my music.

Growing up in Carol City, it was always a creative place for me to be because it was mad influential, especially going to Carol City High.

I started finishing ‘Nostalgic’ while trying to graduate at the same time. I graduated from high school, got my diploma, and my life just started when I completed ‘Nostalgic 64.’

The best Christmas that l had was probably when I got my Xbox. When I first got an Xbox, it was, like, the very first Xbox when it came out.

I went from following people to being on my own. Once I was on my own, I watched people start liking me, and I watched people stop liking me. Everything was supposed happen. It was all supposed to reveal itself.

I’m sponsored by Nike and stuff.

My parents were really into music. They would play the Funkadelics, Parliament, OutKast; they would just play that all around the house. They’d also play Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, James Brown.

I want to get better at freestyling, to be writing better songs.

I’ve been a fan of grime for a while – I used to watch the battles on YouTube when I was younger.

We’re expressing ourselves through references to anime and things like that, but SoundCloud music is just music that happens to be on SoundCloud.

I was the type of kid that wrote all over my shoes.

The fact that I’m finally getting recognition for what I do is always a blessing, you know?

I’m very optimistic about the future.

You’ve got to know your surroundings.

I have people to keep me grounded. That’s very important. And I like the fact that I have people to keep me grounded. I’ll never switch on them, they’ll never switch on me, and that’s what it’s going to be.

When I went on tour with The Underachievers, I didn’t know how to perform. I just had the energy.

I used to do poetry in elementary school. I used to just write.

When I go on heavy rants, or I retweet too much, everybody unfollows me.

I live more than a double life, honestly. I have so many personalities, I live more than a double life.

I’m not saying I’m trying to be the best. I’m gonna be the best. The best me ever. To the point where I can’t lose at being me. I can’t lose that life.

I’m not going to be the next anything. I’m going to be the first me, and someone’s going to follow, and then they’ll be the next me.

Me, l’m a weird person, so my music is kind of weird, but l want my music to be weird.

I’ve seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out of there, because my music is so different from anybody else who came out of there.

If it’s not Fiji water, we don’t want it.

I’m so extroverted. I wanna learn how to be introverted, though.

The reason why I put out the ’13’ EP is because I got bored. I wanted to supply my fans with something.

I watched people blow up after the XXL cover, and I watched people drown – you know what I’m saying? And that’s not what I’m trying to do.

I listen to most South Florida rappers.

If shoes are brought to my attention, and I like them, I’m going to rock them for a long time.

I always loved music, and really, I’ve been rapping since I was, like, 12.

I started adapting, and that’s how I’ve been able to stay afloat all these years. It’s important to be adaptable.

I just want to build awareness for my city. But if it wasn’t for Carol City, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.

With ‘Clout Cobain,’ when I made the song, I knew what I wanted to say. But I was gonna say it in a way where people could understand it.

You can’t expect somebody to speak out on a certain subject. If they want to say something about it, then say something about it. But artists have a choice. It’s their choice. I choose the stuff I talk about, but it’s not my responsibility to do it.

I just feel like nobody truly understands who I am as a person. They think it’s one thing, but they get another. I feel like nobody fully comprehends who I am as a person, as a man, as a living organism in this world.

I grew up in Carol City, Zone 3, for 19 years, in a house with four brothers, a mother and a father.