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" I don't know who I can compare my style to because I listen to everybody from old to new. If I hear stuff that I like, I'll definitely gravitate to it and spin it in my own way. I'm a mixture of a lot of people, honestly, but I'm myself. "

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" Don't get me wrong: school is good and all, but school is way too slow for me. Like, super slow. So I didn't want to go. I wanted to learn on my own with real life experiences. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Life

Learn

Good

" In my elementary days, I took a liking to rock & roll music. I dabbed into Marilyn Manson, which became my favorite. "

" I got a lot of influences. I got relevant influences today. I got influences that you wouldn't even think of. I'm very influenced by Marilyn Manson. His style is ridiculous. Like, honestly, if you want me to keep it 100, Marilyn Manson has as much style as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Want

Today

" One thing I could tell you is that I'm all over the place. "

" A whole bunch of 'ayes' and a whole bunch of 'yeahs.' That's it. That's all I do. I say yeah. I tell myself that I'm not gon' go over 80. I say, like, 79 yeahs, and it works. We what you call mumble rappers. So you say 'yeah' after everything and make it rhyme no matter what it is. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Matter

Say

" If you're you, it doesn't matter if you're the most boring person in the world: someone will like you. You're not trying to be anyone else. "

" Mike Jones, Ying Yang Twins, then a little later, Wiz Khalifa and Meek Mill, too. It was the repetitive stuff with Mike Jones when he would give out his number, and I also like his style. Back then, actually, I still think du-rags, grillz, and stuff like that are cool. "

" My first CD that I had was the Ying Yang Twinz, and my grandma bought it for me. Honestly, I think my grandma got it from a thrift store or something. She just got it for me. It was in downtown Philadelphia. And I would listen to it. I liked it. None of my friends did, though, but I liked it. "

Lil Uzi Vert

First

She

" Atlanta is down south, the club. So the most thing played down there is club music. Everybody wants a hit. "

" I never wanted to be no rapper. "

" I like to look cool and dress nice. Lil Uzi is a rock star. Just know that. "

" There are always people who are into the old way of doing things. I don't think it's a bad thing necessarily, but things change - nothing stays the same. If you can stay true to yourself, you're always going to be legendary. "

" Everybody really don't rock with each other in Philly - that's a problem. 'Cause me being in Atlanta now, I stay in Atlanta, and I get to see everybody work with everybody no matter what. "

Lil Uzi Vert

See

Rock

" There's enough money for everybody. See, I can't do what Yachty does. But then again, Yachty can't do what I do. "

" I'm a real big Marilyn Manson fan. I get a lot of my styles from him. Not even musically - living-wise, too. Marilyn Manson definitely shows me you shouldn't care what nobody say. I watched a bunch of his interviews, and he's not just an artist; he's one of the most intelligent people I ever saw in my life. "

" I want to be as big as I can be. I want to be one of the biggest artists. I want to be remembered like, 'He is crazy. He is phenomenal.' I just want to be one of the biggest. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Remembered

I Can

" I remember, when I first rapped, I was writing raps. I don't write raps at all; I stopped early. I don't know - it seems like every day I find something a little bit easier. "

" I'm just doing me, and to me, that's what got me this far. "

" If I'm talking about girls and stuff, it's usually the truth. So now, you know, if you hear my songs, you are gonna appreciate it differently because usually, it's the truth. "

" I enjoy 'down South' music. "

" The first album I bought, I didn't even buy it. My grandma got Mike Jones and Bow Wow's 'Wanted' a little later. Matter of fact Ying Yang Twins' 'U.S.A. Still United' was the first album, but Mike Jones was the first album I really love. "

" Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Moment

You

" Honestly, if you want me to keep it 100, Marilyn Manson has as much style as Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. He has a lot of style. I'm telling you, it's crazy. It might be a little darker, but it's crazy. "

" The type of music I make, it's not just straight-up rapping. There's emotion in it. That's why people feel each song differently. I get all my vibes from rock music, you know? All my melodies and all that. "

" I really didn't want to rap; I was just a regular kid. "

" I like a lot of ratchet, trap music. Definitely 21 Savage. We need some music like that. ManMan Savage. A lot of the Atlanta scene. But Philly, too. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Music

Atlanta

" One thing rap and rock have in common, a lot of it is focused on negativity. I like dark stuff. "

" 'Vert' is, like, straight to the top, like a vertical leap. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Straight

Leap

" I just take rock songs and mix it with hip-hop and a little bit of R&B. "

" I played the coronet first, and then I upgraded to the trumpet. First song I learned on there was 'Hot Cross Buns.' "