Yelawolf Quotes

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Yelawolf

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 30, 1979

You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger.

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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.

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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

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I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.

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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.

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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

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I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.

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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.

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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.

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My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope.

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You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.

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Fans are all I care about - to be honest. If they stop coming to the shows, then I will get worried.

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Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that.

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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out.

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I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.

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I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.

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I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.

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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

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