Lil Durk Quotes

For me, getting my personality across is so important in getting that connection for people that enjoy my music.

I like to write about lots of things in real life that people can relate to, that people can I guess connect with and the fans could understand what I'm talking about.

People want things that address their everyday reality, and that goes for stuff that isn't political - with singer-songwriter music, people want things that touch them.

In today's time, writing stuff that actually happened is touch-and-go, because you don't want to be too personal. If you are, then it probably won't relate to a mass audience. A lot of times you have to make it sound like it's about everybody else, but you really went through it.

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

It's amazing when I do a gig how many people of different ages come up to me afterwards and chat to me about songs. The emotions I feel are what any person can relate to. Sometimes I'm just a narrator.

Whenever I perform, people get me because I'm talking about things that people can identify with and relate to. I'm not just up there doing jokey, jokey, joke.

As far as my street cred goes, I'll always have that, because I always hang with the kids. I'll jump right off the stage and buy them a beer. I'll be a star on stage, but I'll always hang with the kids.

The key in telling stories that people relate to is, not surprisingly, vulnerability and authenticity. That means that letting people know the struggle behind your brand - the failures and mistakes - and how you got through them is really important.

As an actress, my ultimate goal is to create a universal experience in my acting.

I want my fans to be able to approach me in public and not think that I'm some robot who only exists online.

Everything I write is mostly relatable to everyone and since everyone cannot write, they feel like Sudha Murthy is writing their story. I am your writer next-door.

The hard part for me was not the wrestling - it was showing emotion, telling a story, and being able to connect with fans. Coming out as Ric Flair's daughter and being called athletically gifted, it's hard to say, 'Hey, like me! You can relate to me!' It wasn't working, so I completely switched my character.

The little details really connect for people in ways I never realized before.I think that's why some of the movies have done well, because people are relating to things that I'm willing to expose.

If you listen to me, it's real stories. It's catchy and something you can relate to.

Just spending time with fans and acting normal and talking to them just like I was one of their boys, that's what it's all about.

What I have that's special in my music is substance. It's music that people can really relate to. I know I'm gonna rap something that somebody has already been through in their life, something that they will understand.

There's nothing better than a personal story.

I hate to write! But I love to talk, so I'm told that when people read my books, it like I'm there just talking with them.

As great a spectacle as WrestleMania is, there's something to be said for seeing a guy you like telling stories from the heart from 20 feet away.

There's a vulnerability to our music that attracts people.

I'm just thankful that we were able to reach out to so many different fans that didn't know what our music was.

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

I didn't want to lose the human scale.

I think references, where they fit organically, are great. It's great to do a show that's real and relatable, and so much of what is real, is using real things and instances that are specific. Specificity is the best tool you can have, as a writer.