People want to see what you going to come with next, and I gotta keep evolving.

When I went on tour with The Underachievers, I didn't know how to perform. I just had the energy.

If I went to a major, you never know - what if they don't like the stuff I do? I could just get shelved. And then I'm stuck in a contract, and I can't leave. And if that happens, you're gonna realize, you're going to start hating it, so the power with being indie is you could do whatever you want.

Everybody wants freedom. You don't want to be shackled, especially as an artist. Nobody wants to be shackled, at the end of the day.

The fact that I'm finally getting recognition for what I do is always a blessing, you know?

I'm very skeptical about everything. That's how I've always been.

As an Aquarius, I was born an outsider. I'm awkward at social events. I can be social, but I feel like nobody truly understands who I am.

No matter who you are, you're gonna feel alienated by somebody.

I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out of there, because my music is so different from anybody else who came out of there.

I just want to build awareness for my city. But if it wasn't for Carol City, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

You've got to know your surroundings.

Carol City crazy, man, but it's home at the same time.

My artist name is actually my real name - Denzel Curry.

I think I sound like the apocalypse destroying the Earth to the sounds of trumpets skating across the heavens played by angels.

I rap about life in general, particularly my life, unless telling a story.

I've been a fan of grime for a while - I used to watch the battles on YouTube when I was younger.

I'm just an artist.

I want to master every style of music. I want to master every way of performing. I want to master every artsy music video style and just be the greatest of all-time.

Melody wins every time. Melody is always gonna win.

When I go on heavy rants, or I retweet too much, everybody unfollows me.

The more I pay attention, the more I'm in tune with my fans and myself. It's how I keep raising up.

I think about death a lot.

I like being regular.

Life is dark.

That's what you gonna get with me: the dark aspects of life. Of course, you've got to have some type of light in there, but if it was all light, you'd be blinded. You've got to balance them out.

Fans don't know what they want. Fans are like, 'Oh, I want the stuff that you did in the last album because I really liked it, and if you don't do that, I'm not going to be your fan no more.' Or they'll be like, 'I didn't like that project. He doesn't sound like him on it,' or 'You're wack. You're mainstream now.'

Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.

Everybody has their due season. And it's all about what you do in your season.

I was born a leader, never a follower. I never felt peer pressure. If the group goes left, I go right.

People have to realize that God has blessed me with power. He hasn't got me this far for no reason. I feel like God has a plan for me in this sport. That's how I have came up this fast.

I can adapt to any environment or any situation I need to, so I am ready to go to Russia. You take what you get or start crying about it, but I am re-doing 'Rocky IV.' I am doing the black 'Rocky.'

God definitely blessed me with power. I still don't know the limits of my own power.

I don't care what you have done before or what you are capable of: if you come up against a guy like me, you are in trouble.

Street fight, you just ground and pound 'em. Boxing is totally different.

Whether somebody think badly of me, whether somebody don't feel that I should be doing this or I should be doing that way, I don't really care. Whether they think that my fatigue is being laid, legs are skinny, I don't care.

I'm looking forward to the fighting with no headgear - I'm jealous. I kind of want to go back to the Olympics to experience no headgear.

When I am in the ring, all I think about is knocking my opponent's head off, getting him out of there. Hurting him. Putting pain to him. I will have no mercy. I will have no pity.

I was raised by both parents up to 17. We had a good family. We had a middle class family, good teaching and good surroundings, raised by the church, where I went every week whether I wanted to or not.

This is the hardest part for me. Just the waiting - the waiting to fight. The work has all been done, and you just have to wait.

No matter how many fights I got into, I was always the victor. I didn't like it, though. I remember being 12 years old, and I looked in the sky, and I said, 'God, I don't want to fight no more. I'm tired of fighting. I know what I want to do in my life, and fighting's not going to get me there.'

When one guy is doing good, it makes all the others want to achieve greatness.

There comes a time when you have to put forth the action and actually see whether you're really just talking to promote yourself, just to sell yourself, or to build your confidence or build confidence around you... or are you the real deal?

People can be too harsh, especially with social media. It brings a person down.

My right hand is a monster.

My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.

My neighborhood was normal. I had a neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. Typical American upbringing. Sometimes we got into trouble, but everyone watched after each other, so if my parents didn't see me making trouble, another family would tell them.

I'm always getting confused with LeBron James. Everywhere I go, I'm LeBron James.

Going to Russia is going to be nothing for me. I'm going to treat it like it's the U.S. because, at the end of the day, it's one man, one ring.

To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it's going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let's do it that way.

Some guys like to fight on even playing grounds, and some guys like to cheat.