Lil Durk Quotes

I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous.

All my achievements have been great achievements. I have been collaborating with big names and making hits - like my song 'Yosemite' with Travis Scott.

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect harmony longer than a couple years is difficult.

They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.

I'd love to collaborate with Drake. I think he's awesome.

Who decides what is and what isn't punk? I want to write songs that people hear and feel, and I want to be successful and reach a big audience. I'm not trying to be the coolest guy in the world; I'm trying to write songs that mean something to people. As you get successful, sometimes you lose one set of fans and gain another.

It's interesting, because as a musician, I don't feel like I need to be on the top of the pop charts.

Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered.

When you're doing a Motley Crue tribute record, you can ask anyone to do it, and they're not going to say no.

If you put out quality music, you're always going to be in a good place.

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.

I feel like such an idiot... you know, that our band didn't break up just so we can re-form and become more and more popular.

You never know what can happen if you get sampled by the biggest artist in the world.

I've been blessed. Every few years, I'll connect with somebody and put out a record with somebody that keeps me relevant.

Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming in.

Collaborating on 'Tusa' with Nicki Minaj came into my life unexpectedly and I wanted to keep it like that for my fans.

So many people have listened to my song because of it - I'm beyond grateful. It's funny because when I met Spencer and Dustin, they were so excited to meet me, but I was like you're the celebrities to me - they're the ones with a video has over 10 million views.

There's a single with D.J. Class and Fatman Scoop - I'm not going to claim to be a singer, but my voice is in it and the song is technically about me.

Forget about musical credibility. I think, unless you're Radiohead or whatever, it's pointless striving for that. What I would like is some respect.

I'm in great company and some may say that the underexposure has added to my allure and the staying power of me as a MC and The Roots as a band.

One of my dreams is to work with Ilaiyaraaja sir and do more with Anirudh and Santhosh Narayanan.

You can never tell what's going to be popular.

When we got with Dallas Austin, he was just getting on. He was kinda like the fourth member of TLC.

I was like, 'If I bang your thing, will you bang my thing? Will you sing on my album?' And he was like, 'Yeah, of course.' So I've got Robbie Williams on my album. Robbie Williams on grime.