Top 88 Tory Lanez Quotes

I’m not a hater. I’ve expressed this before.

I don’t have a problem with anybody in Toronto.

Me personally, I don’t think I’m even hot enough to be getting dissed.

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that ’cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

When the ‘greats of all-time’ put out their first albums, it wasn’t a thousand features on it. And I’m one of the greats in my eyes.

You’re gonna know, if I have beef with somebody, then one of us is just falling out.

I’m a big Justin Bieber fan. I’ve been a Justin Bieber fan. I’ve been listening to his music. OG, you know. That’s also my friend, too, so, you know. It’s just one of those things. We’ve been supporting each other’s music for a long, long, long time.

We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y’all watch me be great? Will y’all allow me to do that?

I do a lot of writing. People don’t actually know how much writing really I do.

My favourite singers are people like R. Kelly and people like that.

The stars played out the way they were supposed to play out, and I’m in the position I’m supposed to be in.

I like the music from Drake. I like the music from PARTY. I like music from The Weeknd, Justin Bieber.

The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.

I still direct my own videos.

For me personally, my favourite part of performing is just going in the crowd and doing crazy things that they never expected to see. Challenging myself to do new things that I never expected to do. That’s the biggest thing for me.

I would like to work with The Weeknd. That’s my boy, though; that’s my friend.

I’m thankful to God that my life changed, but I’m also still on my grind.

People who couldn’t walk, they’d come in wheelchairs, and he’d make them walk. It’s just the power of God. It wasn’t my dad; it’s what God had instructed my dad to do.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.

I know why I’m here. I know why I was placed in music, and it’s not by coincidence.

I don’t write anything down – it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make.

The whole ‘I Told You,’ there’s nothing written. That was all out of the feeling. That’s why the album is so incredible to me – it’s all out of the heart; I didn’t take time to pre-calculate it.

There’s no album in 2016 that’s better than my album.

Swavey is the movement. Three words… It’s Unique, it’s true, and it’s yourself. It’s a very unique thing: it’s true to yourself, and it’s all about you just being yourself.

I definitely want to work with Kanye, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande – all the big people.

To be selling out shows and these kids who don’t speak English singing along every word? It’s wild.

I love 50 Cent. I know it sounds weird ’cause a lot of kids might not say that right now, but I definitely want to work with 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Coldplay: I want to work with different artists that are going to push my music to a new level. Not just in urban music.

Drake could diss me 20,000 times, and I would never diss him. I’m a fan.

I just pray to God and make sure I’m good with God.

I underestimated the power of ‘Diego.’

I’m a fan of LeBron James. I’m not really a team fan; I’m just a fan of one player.

I have a lot of fans, but a lot of people don’t know who I am.

I never grew up on Jodeci. I never grew up on things like that ’cause my dad was a preacher, and he kind of kept us away from music like that.

I’m not a singer. I’m not an R&B singer. I’m an artist.

If you try to be better every day, more miracles happen in your life.

I started singing to this one John Legend record; it was called ‘Each Day Gets Better,’ or something like that. I started to realize, ‘Wow, I really sound like this dude. If I keep doing this, maybe I can sound dope like John Legend and still rap.’

I would like to work with The Weeknd. That’s my boy, though; that’s my friend.

My mom died when I was 11 years old.

The reason why I called it ‘I Told You’ is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my ‘I told you’ moment.

That’s what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma, and no mom to help you. It changed the person that I am today.

I believe later in life I’m gonna change my name when I start making the right music.

My favourite singers are people like R. Kelly and people like that.

I started rapping because my mom died when I was about 11 years old, and I was a very rebellious kid. I’ve been kicked out of every school I’ve ever been in since 6th grade on, expelled and dropped out in the 11th grade. Music was the only thing that I could really use to express myself, so I started rapping.

I’m a big Justin Bieber fan. I’ve been a Justin Bieber fan. I’ve been listening to his music. OG, you know. That’s also my friend, too, so, you know. It’s just one of those things. We’ve been supporting each other’s music for a long, long, long time.

I don’t have beef with nobody… You know when it’s beef, because then we just start playing scoreboard, and nobody wants to play scoreboard.

I’m just a young kid.

I’m a very cultural person, and Canada is a very cultural place.

I’m definitely more of a rockstar than anything.

I don’t have a problem with anybody in Toronto.

There’s a different energy at one of my shows than anybody else’s.

I definitely want to work with Kanye, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande – all the big people.

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

I just pray to God and make sure I’m good with God.

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

I was being very bad because I didn’t know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

Me personally, I don’t think I’m even hot enough to be getting dissed.

I’m here to be the greatest.

Reggae goes in and out. It sounds so good, it feels so good and feels so tropical, but the problem is not everybody is Caribbean. Not everyone is going to sound authentic doing it, and sometimes it comes off cheesy when other people do it.

The only thing is, with me – this may sound weird – there are a lot of R&B singers from that era that I actually don’t know. Like, I never grew up on Boyz II Men.

When I get to a certain level, I’ll start going by Daystar.

I’m here to be the guy that rubs people the wrong way sometimes.

I like to turn the venue into a jungle gym, into my playground.

I just freestyle. I don’t actually write the words on paper. It’s just whatever comes into my mind. I’ll record three or four lines at a time, get a good take, and do three or four more. It may be whatever comes into my mind. But I care about my craft a lot more than a lot of other people.

Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I’m on the side of the music.

What, do you think I’m here to be second place, brother?

We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y’all watch me be great? Will y’all allow me to do that?

I know why I’m here. I know why I was placed in music, and it’s not by coincidence.

I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.

I underestimated the power of ‘Diego.’

I just want to work with the big people and the people who make great music.

I don’t have beef with nobody… You know when it’s beef, because then we just start playing scoreboard, and nobody wants to play scoreboard.

The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low.

Hip-hop is a contact sport.

My mom died when I was 11 years old.

Every time I do something in life, I try to outdo myself.

I still direct my own videos.

I was being very bad because I didn’t know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

Swavey is a musical genre that I came up with to describe artists who are too talented to stay in a box with their music.

What, do you think I’m here to be second place, brother?

People live their lives through melodies. If you can’t sing, then music is worthless.

I’m a very cultural person, and Canada is a very cultural place.

People have to remember this – I’ve literally been going at this music thing since my mother passed away.

One of my favorite reggae songs is Wayne Wonder’s ‘No Letting Go.’ And Sizzla ‘Give Me A Try.’ That’s one of my favorite songs as well.

I have a lot of money, but I still feel broke. When I say I feel broke, I don’t mean broke in a financial sense, but I still feel like that kid from the gutter who’s still trying to get it, even though I’m at the place I want to be.