I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me. – Tory Lanez
I started rapping because my mom died when I was about 11 years old, and I was a very rebellious kid. I’ve been kicked out of every school I’ve ever been in since 6th grade on, expelled and dropped out in the 11th grade. Music was the only thing that I could really use to express myself, so I started rapping. – Tory Lanez
My outlook was, ‘You’re not my moms; you can’t tell me what to do.’ I got expelled from about 20 schools. – Tory Lanez
I love 50 Cent. I know it sounds weird ’cause a lot of kids might not say that right now, but I definitely want to work with 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Coldplay: I want to work with different artists that are going to push my music to a new level. Not just in urban music. – Tory Lanez
I’m getting money over here. I’m good, I’m young, I’m finally in a position to feed my family; please don’t take that away from me. – Tory Lanez
God put me on this earth to bring souls back to the Kingdom of God. You don’t need to pray ten times a day – you just need hope. My music is going to stop war; it’s the healing music. I see myself in Brazil, in Syria, in Darfur, and places where they really need hope. – Tory Lanez
We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y’all watch me be great? Will y’all allow me to do that? – Tory Lanez
The way that I learned to be confident was I would ride the back of the city bus and sing very low. – Tory Lanez
Swavey, it puts more than one genre of music together. That’s the approach I have with all music I do. – Tory Lanez
Reggae goes in and out. It sounds so good, it feels so good and feels so tropical, but the problem is not everybody is Caribbean. Not everyone is going to sound authentic doing it, and sometimes it comes off cheesy when other people do it. – Tory Lanez
I just freestyle. I don’t actually write the words on paper. It’s just whatever comes into my mind. I’ll record three or four lines at a time, get a good take, and do three or four more. It may be whatever comes into my mind. But I care about my craft a lot more than a lot of other people. – Tory Lanez
I don’t write anything down – it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make. – Tory Lanez
