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" I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know? "

Lil Dicky

Dreams

Business

Funny

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Class

" I spent two years making music in San Francisco for my first mixtape. Initially, I was not at all doing this to be a professional rapper, a touring rapper. I didn't think I had that talent level in me. "

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" I'm not a big festivalgoer as in, like, a citizen. "

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Citizen

" My fears are never about failure - it's about extreme success. "

" Deep down, I want to be a big rapper. I want people to love what I'm doing. "

" I think people just have to realize that music grows, and hip-hop evolves. I mean, everything evolves. "

" I don't spend a ton of time interacting, but I feel like I probably do more than most rappers/artists. I just find it interesting to be able to communicate with fans. It's cool. "

" I care most about what rappers think about me as a rapper, and I've gotten a lot of praise. I think rappers understand I'm a really good rapper, and that means more to me than a random person, you know, 'cause they know what goes into making rap music. "

Lil Dicky

Good

Music

" I have Kanye's ego to some extent. "

" People see a 'South Park' episode, and there's racially insensitive jokes - nobody bats an eye because they're expecting that in that context. In hip-hop, they don't expect that kind of thing because it's a white person in a predominantly black world. "

" The way you respect hip-hop is by being true to yourself. "

" I wanted to explain that just because I'm rapping in this funny way doesn't mean that I'm not worthy of actually being evaluated as a rapper. "

" Like, I haven't even tried a cherry before, because I'm such a picky eater, and I behave like a 9-year-old. "

" I always wanted to be a comedian. "

" The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian because I've never done anything, really. I've always just been some guy who's funny. "

Lil Dicky

Done

Never

" Growing up, the one thing I noticed was that everyone seemed to laugh at my jokes wherever I went. "

Lil Dicky

Laugh

Growing Up

" Because I feel like I can do so many different things, and people like my music for different reasons, I don't feel pigeonholed. I think people are always going to appreciate whatever direction I take. "

" It's impressive to the girl that I'm texting that I have my own emojis. It adds to my charm as a man seeking love. "

" I feel like the Philadelphia sports teams are really good at having my back. "

" One time, I performed 'Save Dat Money' with Justin Bieber. I was at his album release party, and he was like, 'Do you want to do the song?' I was also on a date, so the date met Justin Bieber, and I couldn't have looked cooler. "

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Hand

Favorite

" I grew up when Chris Brown was, like, an icon. He was my ringtone when I was in high school. "

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High

" Being funny is my biggest differentiator, and I think I'd be a fool not to use that, and there's nothing I enjoy personally more than making a human being laugh. But then, I also think I have a serious side to me. "

" I always dreamed of being an entertainer. So, my whole life to some extent, or from the age that I can remember onwards, I knew I was going to have to make some sort of attempt at being noticed for being funny. "

" I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I always preferred it. It set a tone for everything I wanted to do in life. "