Lil Nas X Quotes

Lil Nas X

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 9, 1999

Growing up, I always liked so many different sounds from so many different genres - the different aspects they could bring.

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I'm always going to be experimenting musically, trying new things.

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The thing is that when I'm making music, I'm not really chasing that sound - the Atlanta sound that we hear a lot.

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I'm from Atlanta, but I don't really consider myself an 'Atlanta rapper.'

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I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

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I feel like Drake is doing exactly what I plan on doing, just being sick for all of, what, a decade now? And just always being able to switch it up and never stay in one box.

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When I started to make music I wasn't as serious at first.

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I'm not, like - what's the word when you believe in a lot of magic? Superstitious.

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Twitter can make a lot of things happen if you get enough retweets.

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I'm like Twitter-famous, but in real life. Instead of your mentions, it's real people coming up to you. People shake your hand instead of liking your tweets.

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I was doing good in school, but I didn't want to do school anymore.

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I was always making memes, and now I have music.

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Just because you like one song from an artist, that doesn't make you a fan.

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But the one thing I'll always know is that people don't know what they want until they get it. They didn't know they wanted a song about taking a horse to the old town road in 2019. But they did.

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Yeah, with 'NASARATI,' that was my first project. I really worked literally three days on it, writing on the beats and putting it together. I'm not saying that I don't love the mixtape, but it was really my first, first move in rap. I tried to make sure everything sound different, so you hear no two songs and think they sound alike.

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People come in because they like 'Old Town Road.' They'll find out that I'm just not going to stick to that.

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And whenever I do step away from the Internet or the music too long, it's like I have to slowly get back into myself to get back into the groove.

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I was pretty familiar with TikTok: I always thought its videos would be ironically hilarious. When I became a trending topic on there, it was a crazy moment for me. A lot of people will try to downplay it, but I saw it as something bigger.

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But with country trap, I in no way want to take credit for that. I believe Young Thug would be one of the biggest pioneers in that.

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In 2017, I enjoyed my time on the Internet more than doing things in real life.

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