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" I would say that I don't make music quickly; like, my process has been very slow, and my bar is very high, and I don't really rush to make music just to get something out there. "

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Lil Dicky

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" I remember, in fifth grade, doing a report on the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin as a rap. It was just an easy way to get an A back then because everyone was turning in boring stuff. "

" There just hasn't been a voice for that normal dude when it comes to rap. "

" I love rap, and part of hip-hop culture is being excessive and absurd, and I can't be excessive and absurd without sounding corny. So I have to do it in a very truthful, weird way. "

" 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. "

" If we're evaluating cool to the way other rappers appear to be cool, then I'm not cool at all. "

" I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you'd get, like, a real Division I basketball player. "

Lil Dicky

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Basketball

" Love is a fickle thing. But I still believe in it. "

" My whole initial goal was to be a comedian, so it's not like I chose to do a TV show out of nowhere. It's kind of always been goal to do a TV show. "

" Usually, I think of the song, and then the video plays out in my head as I'm writing the song. I started rapping to become a comedian, so I'm certainly thinking about the visual component of things beyond just the music most of the time. "

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

Lil Dicky

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" It is crazy how people can't understand the concept of comedy and music. It's like they have to be mutually exclusive. "

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

" My favorite part of festival season is probably the disposable income at hand for me... I get booked for more, and I make more money. "

Lil Dicky

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

" You hear a lot of rap songs about spending money. I thought, wouldn't it be funny to make a song about saving money because it's ironic, but beyond irony, I genuinely have pride in saving money. "

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

Lil Dicky

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Growing Up

" 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? "

" I think everybody has their own inner rap spirit animal. "

" I was lucky enough to be in the studio with Drake and Kanye before I put 'Freaky Friday' out. I showed them the video before I put it out. "

" Finally, the day came where I put stuff online for the first time ever. The Lil Dicky video got a million views the first day. It was one of the best days of my life. It was the day I learned I was who I thought I was. It was a fantastic I-told-you-so moment. "

" 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. "

" Money doesn't drive me in the slightest. "

Lil Dicky

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" I always have to poop right before I do a concert. I don't feel nervous, but I think that must be my body reacting. "

" 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. "

" Obviously, my aspirations are to be considered one of the best. Like, anyone rapping should have that mindset. "

" I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal. "

" In my heart, I believe I'm a top flight comedian and a top flight rapper. "

" I've been working a lot with Benny Blanco; he's a producer. And I've been working with Diplo and a bunch of other people. Detail, Charlie Handsome. A variety of people. "