Quotes by Lil Durk - Page 2

I just moved to Atlanta so the change of scenery and environment put me in a different mood and a different vibe, both good.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Atlanta
Environment
Mood
Moved
Scenery
Change Good Me
Vibe
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I grew as an artist and a person. I'm just ready to work, get this money, get this new fan base and tour all over the world.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Ready
Work Money World
Base
Fan Base
Tour
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See what I do is I book a studio that's closed down and I go by myself. No one's in there, literally just me and the engineer.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Myself Me See
Closed
Engineer
Literally
Studio
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Death can happen anywhere, but kids in Chicago, like 4 years old, can get shot. You don't really hear that in too many places.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Death
Chicago
Years
Anywhere
Shot
Too
Old
Happen
Hear
Places
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I would say I grew without a doubt. My whole energy in life - as an artist and as a person - has definitely got me smarter and wiser.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Artist
Doubt
Energy
Grew
Smarter
Wiser
Life Me Person
Life Me Energy
Definitely
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You've got Lil Uzi Vert - you do a song with him, you ain't doing nothing but gaining new fans. You gotta keep up with the time and the pace.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Fans
Pace
Time Keep New
Gaining
Gotta
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When I do shows, I take pictures and make the fans feel like family. All of that really matters. That's the cheat code if you ain't got a hit.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Code
Fans
Hit
Matters
Pictures
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We came from nothing really. One house. Ten people. Even days the lights was off. The worst days was not eating. Surviving off rice and toast.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Eating
House
Rice
Surviving
Ten
Worst
Nothing
Days
Came
Even
Off
Lights
Toast
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I let my team pick what order the records go. I don't pick my own records. I'm a fan of my music regardless so you have to think outside of the box.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Records
Music Own My Own
Box
Fan
Outside
Pick
Regardless
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'Trap House' is one of my favorite songs off '300 Days 300 Nights' mixtape, I sent it to Thug, he loved it and knocked it out on the spot in Atlanta.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Atlanta
Thug
Nights
Favorite
Spot
Sent
Trap
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I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I could rap and have fans and be a trendsetter.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Fans
Rapping
Seriously
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I worked with Ty Dolla Sign, YG, Nipsey Hussle, Metro Boomin - I build relationships, and I try to stay afloat with everyone who is hot or cool, period.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Cool
Hot
Metro
Build
Afloat
Everyone
Try
Stay
Period
Relationships
Sign
Worked
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When you in the studio you don't need everybody calling your phone telling you about what's going on outside the studio. I don't need those distractions.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Distractions
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'L's,' it represents life. That's what I represent it as, life. When you throw the L's up for life, you can't go wrong. Like, no gang-banging, nothing like that.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Represent
Throw
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I wasn't really into music. I was into the streets. I was too worried about the streets and how I was going to eat and how I was going to make the streets happen.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Streets
Worried
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I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they're in, know that they can make do and have a better life.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Better Life
Motivation
Situation
Speak
Streets
Wanted
Whatever
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My father being incarcerated for 25 years, 26 years, so I had a rough past, but me moving to Atlanta, I just thought that changed my whole identity - my thinking.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Atlanta
Changed
Identity
Moving
Rough
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Something happened in the studio that was between me and Tyga that ain't supposed to escalate, but it did. Something happened with a song we did, and he ain't like it.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Song
Studio
Supposed
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Once upon a time, I was really lost. I was 18 going on 19, and I was shy. All I want to do is get money, and the way I was thinking I was going to do that was a negative route.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Money
Lost
Negative
Shy
Thinking
Time Money Lost
Once
Time Money Thinking
Get
Route
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I don't want my kids to be on the streets period. I want my kids to be nerds. I want them to be book smart or playing sports - I don't want them to know nothing about the streets.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Sports
Book
Smart
Streets
Nothing
Period
Nerds
Playing
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Stay working. Stay busy. It should be motivation instead of down time because down time is like being depressed. It shouldn't be like that. It should really be motivation to keep going.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Being Depressed
Busy
Motivation
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I let my partners and my DJ listen to my songs and if they say, 'Oh yeah I felt that one' or 'I am feeling that' then I write it down and we just continue building the album from there.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Partners
Yeah
Album
Oh
Dj
Feeling
Oh Yeah
They Say
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In Chicago, a lot of people don't really got nothing to live for. Everybody can't ball. Everybody can't rap. Nobody is really doing those activities. There's nothing to do but the streets.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Chicago
Rap
Streets
People Doing Nothing
Activities
Ball
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I'm a good guy at the end of the day, you know what I'm saying? A lot of people will believe what they see in the media from a long time ago. I'm just growing as an artist and as a person.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Artist
Believe
People
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You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Different
Fall
Mind
Strong
Strong Mind
Come
More
Going
Back
Be Different
Out
You
Count
Even
Got
Worth
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Growing up in Chicago is hard. I'd say 80 percent of the people ain't really got no daddies. Their household wasn't right. All they know is the streets and getting some money to support each other and support their family.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Chicago
Growing Up
Household
Percent
Streets
Support
Family Money People
Each
Getting
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I was 17 and out of school, living with my mom, starving, not eating, getting locked up, no focus, no guidance. When you ain't got no guidance, you can't do too much. But then I had my first son and started working. I got the right people around me.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Mom
Eating
Focus
Guidance
Locked
Locked Up
School
Son
Too Much
Mom Me People
Started
Focus Me People
Living
Mom Focus Me
Around
Too
Getting
Working
Got
Right People
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My thing is to get new fans. So I love when people say, 'Oh, I've heard of him before.' Or 'I've never heard of Durk.' Or 'I'm a fan of Durk today.' This is what I like to see, because it lets me know when I come out with something that it's going to work.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Heard
Love Work Today
Oh
Fan
Lets
People Say
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You got to want to evolve. It's something you can practice on but it just came to me. I wasn't really sitting there like, 'What can I do to get better?' It just came to me, talking to my people and my crew. They just tell me what my strongest and weakest points are at.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Crew
Evolve
Practice
Sitting
Strongest
Talking
Me Better People
Came
Better Me People
Got
Points
Tell
Weakest
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I'm always going to be able to touch fans and get new fans because everybody goes through something everyday. I just keep touching different subjects by talking to the streets and reaching out to my fans by telling them a story instead of just giving them music to listen.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Different Subjects
Everyday
Reaching
Streets
Subjects
Touch
Music Always Keep
Music Fans New
Telling
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It's either you finna create your own wave, you finna sound like me or you finna sound like G Herbo, you finna sound like Chance The Rapper, you finna sound like Juice Wrld. You ain't gonna get too far 'cause you sound like somebody. So, create your own lane and do your own style.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Chance
Juice
Rapper
Wave
Chance Your Me
Somebody
Cause
Create
Either
Far
Gonna
Lane
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What really broke it down was I had my son while I was locked up, so that really affected me. I can't really have this, knowing my father was locked up when I was small. So that really out of everything - through the fame, the money, everything - that really put the toll on me: 'Oh yeah, I gotta change.'
Lil Durk / Rapper
Affected
Broke
Fame
Locked
Locked Up
Son
Yeah
Change Money Me
Oh
Gotta
Small
Oh Yeah
Toll
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I been living down in Atlanta, but everyone back home has been in my thoughts, especially those doing something for the community and all the neighborhood heroes. I thought about all the first responders putting their lives on the line to help out and it inspired me, so I took a jet back to Chicago to show my thanks.
Lil Durk / Rapper
Atlanta
Chicago
Jet
Neighborhood
Thanks
Heroes
Putting
Responders
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