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" I grew up really kind of mixed up. I lived with my white grandparents and mom and got made fun of a lot because I talked like her. "
Kyle
White
Mom
Kind
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" I heard 'Why,' and I think that's when I first started learning about Jadakiss. "
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" We really have the power to illuminate all negative things in our life, but we have to find that light source inside of us and really tap in with it and reconnect with it. "
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" The Kyle who made 'Smyle' honestly has a little more conflict in his life. He has a little more weight on his shoulders. He feels like he has to make an album about something. It's a Kyle with duty, with a plan, with a responsibility. "
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" If I was a spy, I would have a watch that would cloak me in invisibility. "
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" 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. "
Kyle
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Kind
Rock
" Imagine if James Brown was your roommate. What? Do you know how much fun you'd be having all the time? Oh my God, he would have you looking the freshest. He would have you doing the funnest stuff for sure, easily. You'd be having the most crackin' parties. "
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Looking
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You
" I want to make a lot of people smile. "
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Lot
Want
" I've been compared to Drake before and Kid Cudi. "
Kyle
Compared
Been
Drake
" Kid Cudi has saved lives. He saved my life. "
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My Life
Saved
He
" I always tried to pride myself on my versatility - I can't just be the 'iSpy' guy. "
Kyle
Pride
Tried
Myself
" My family loves Mark McGwire. "
Kyle
Mark
Loves
Family
" Nobody can deliver a line better than Jadakiss. That's where I learned my technique. He can deliver punchlines so perfectly wrapped up for you to enjoy. If I had a different favorite rapper, I wouldn't be able to make some of the music I do. "
Kyle
Rapper
Enjoy
You
" I did have a speech impediment. "
Kyle
Speech
Did
Impediment
" I feel like one of my strengths is writing about stories that are unique to me but somehow relate with everyone, and the one thing I've found is that if you make a song wholly unique to you, then you don't have to compete with everybody, because nobody else can make a song like you. "
Kyle
You
Unique
Me
" People called me sharktooth, Dracula. I got made fun of so much cause I couldn't afford braces. "
Kyle
Me
Fun
Cause
" I try to make things as versatile as possible. Usually, you have to listen to one artist for a certain vibe and another artist to catch the next vibe. I want to make an album that has all of that in there. "
Kyle
Want
Possible
Try
" Music fills peoples with life. It doesn't have to be a 'happy song.' If you have that one song that relates to you, whether it's a sad song or a gangster song, whatever relates to you the most in that moment, it can literally get you through the day. "
Kyle
Music
Sad
Day
" 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. "
Kyle
Feel
Enough
Me
" My favorite rapper of all time is Jadakiss - hands down, no question. "
Kyle
Hands
Question
Rapper
" 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.' "
Kyle
Problems
Me
Music
" 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. "
Kyle
Name
Light
Story
" I just want to be an artist that makes exactly what he feels. "
Kyle
Just
Makes
Want
" I don't feel pressure to act like other people or rap like other people, because I just can't. "
Kyle
Feel
Pressure
Because
" Most people have perceived my brand and my personality as this guy that just is so happy, he has no cares in the world. "
Kyle
People
Personality
Happy
" I always been writing songs since I was, like, six. I was listening to Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Frankie Laine and people like that. I was just in the backyard writing songs. "
Kyle
Listening
People
Like
" I feel like what's important is to interact with your fans online. Touring is really important to stay connected with your fans. "
Kyle
Feel
Connected
Like
" Growing up a good person, it's a lot harder than you'd think. "
Kyle
Good Person
Up
Think
" There's nobody taller and cooler than Will Smith. He's the coolest tall person, so I'm trying to be like that. "
Kyle
Nobody
Like
Will
" When I hear a beat that makes me want to tell a story, then that's what I'm going to say. "
Kyle
Want
Story
Say
" 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. "
Kyle
Happy
You
Saying