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" As I grew up and really - 22, 23, 24 - I was faced with new problems that were bigger. A lot of them were issues that pertained to people that were super close to me. "

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" When you start making music, you start making music at a young age, and for me, I just thought, like, 'Ahh, once you make it, all your problems will be solved, and everything will be fine.' "

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" Shooting a music video sometimes can be a job. "

" When you roast yourself, it makes everybody else comfortable. "

" I played baseball. I kind of sucked at that. They used to call me 'The Buntmaster' because my coach never wanted me to swing. "

" I feel like I'm a good listener. "

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" Even if I told my mom I wanted to be a clown or live in the forest, she would be down. "

" The name 'Light of Mine' came from how the album was conceived and what its purpose was in telling my story. I started making it at a time when I was, more or less, in a darker place than usual. "

" That was everything to me as a kid. When I'd see someone on MTV, it was like, 'Wow, they're the real deal.' "

" Everybody on my street was broke, running around with no shoes on. We didn't have money, but we played tag, we talked. It was great. "

" When I heard my first rap song and figured out what that was, I kind've stuck to it. I always wanted to be a musician in general, an entertainer. I just started rapping. I never decided, 'Oh, I want to be a rapper.' "

" My relationship with my father is fine. Every relationship has its ups and downs because bad things happen in all relationships. But for me, I can only write about what I'm feeling in the moment and something that actually happened to me. "

" At some point, I had to ignore what people thought of me. I had to be my own biggest fan from an early age. Once I learned that, it was like a superpower. That was the armor that got me through high school. "

Kyle

Ignore

Age

" I'm definitely a West Coast artist, so much so that I'm gonna get 'Thug Life' tatted on my stomach one day. "

" I felt like I related to East Coast lyricism a little more. Because I couldn't be super gangsta. "

" Randomly enough, all of my favorite rappers growing up were East Coast rappers. I don't know. I just related to them a little more at first - because if you're born in L.A., and you lived there your whole life, Snoop Dogg literally sounds like cars driving by. You feel me? You hear Snoop Dogg so much. "

Kyle

You

Know

" I know everywhere is cool and all, but, at least for me, I was lucky enough to be in southern California. I feel lucky to be from there... I feel like it taught me how to be polite. "

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" For me, I feel like the most important part of music is the storytelling behind it, and that's my favorite; that's what makes my favorite artists my favorite artists, having the story that I relate to the most and that helps me the most. "

" Most people have perceived my brand and my personality as this guy that just is so happy, he has no cares in the world. "

" I always tried to pride myself on my versatility - I can't just be the 'iSpy' guy. "

" Pete Rock, CL Smooth, all this East Coast stuff - that's kind of, like, the rappers I first admired. I wanna rap just like them because I just thought they were so hard. I thought their delivery was so crazy. "

" I wanna make music that helps people. "

" I am a pretty bad driver, so when I drive, I need to be calm. I can't be vibing to DMX, all hype, in the car. "

" Doesn't matter if you're sad or happy. I can be sad, you can be happy; it's all good. That's all I'm saying - let's just be us. "

" When I hear a beat that makes me want to tell a story, then that's what I'm going to say. "

" My family loves Mark McGwire. "

" I just like blending all the genres together but blending them up in a good way. I try to be as free as I can with it. "

" I really like blending two things together that are polar opposites. Because I feel like, in a large aspect, that's kinda like what I am. "

" You just don't know how uncool it is to be Kyle until you're Kyle. "

" I would want people to be their own superheroes, save their own days, know that nobody else is gonna do it for you. You have to pick yourself up out of your dark moment; you gotta be your own source of light, just like I was for me. "