Quotes by Tyler, The Creator

I'm like a big 10-year-old when I'm on stage. I just go up there and do whatever I think is cool at the moment.

I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better.

Hawthorne sucks... It's a crazy place, and I'm happy that I was the weird one that got out.

I try to tell all the -- not even the kids, even people older than me -- to just be themselves. Don't wear what I wear 'cause I wear it; wear what you like.

I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.

I never want to grow up.

I don't smoke at all. I think that cigarettes are actually retarded. I don't understand why people do that to themselves.

Golf Media is basically my brain in one place. It does just about everything except cure asthma. If you find an app that cures asthma, definitely let me know.

My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is.

Yo I'm seventeen, already sniffin blow. I tell my friends its asthmary time I itch my throat, I got a new show for MTV, Pimp My Boat.

I'm a really, really, smart, multi-talented almost-genius, who's very annoying.

I want the cheesy dates at the movies, the stupid walks at the beach and sharing straws in a cup.

The devil doesn't wear prada; I'm clearly in a -- white tee.

Wayne's cool. I ran into him at my hangout back home, and he's just cool. I actually have this beat that I want him on, but I was too scared to get it to Clancy to get to them, but Wayne's cool.

Somebody called me a homophobe. I'm not homophobic.

Rap is really just too conventional. Everybody does the same thing. No one ever pushes the box.

I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all.

I want to take Justin Bieber for a month and just lock him up in a cage where we sit and make music. He's one of the most successful people in the world, but his music could be so much tighter.

For the record, I don't worship the devil. I just hate religion.

To me, Sid Vicious is cool. Super chill.

I sold my soul to the devil. Lucifer will have my soul.

I'm a big 'Goosebumps' fan -- 'Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes.' My favorites are the pick-your-own-death ones.

I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.

I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.

I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.

I never had a drink in my life. I don't smoke or anything.

I tweet early in the morning when I wake up or late at night just to let you know that I have a show or what's on my mind, and that's it. I hate Snapchat and all of that. It's making kids so stupid.

Youth is something I never wanna take for granted. I just want to smile and live life.

I'm not into fashion, but I like design. I wear the same shoes every day.

I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

The thing is, I make music I like. So it's just weird if someone says they don't like it.

I'm a pretty nice dude. I have fun, and people take it the wrong way.

I want to design jewelry for girls and guys... I'ma spread it out, but I'ma design, probably when I'm just designing furniture and buildings, I'll probably being the jewelry thing, too.

I want to make as much money as I possibly can so that when my day comes, my mother and sister is fine. My close friends are fine. They don't have to worry about anything ever again.

My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.

I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.

I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.

If the world was ending, I think I would grab some Cinnamon Toast Crunch, a bunch of water, and I'd probably just... I'd probably go crazy.

I don't like people around me sad. I like making people happy.

I don't really listen to rap; I just like to rap.

I'm not hip-hop. I'm Tyler.

I'm not a follower. I'm a leader. And anyone who speaks their mind is always criticised.

I think, if I had a dad, I would have went the normal college route. I'm so stoked my life panned out how it was.

Humans have voids, and you need things to fill voids... I didn't have a dad to fill that male model void, so when I heard Eminem or freaking seen Dave Chapelle, that's what I gravitated to.

I don't like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?

Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.