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" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

" I got different moods. Like, if I'm in a good mood, I listen to 'Up' by Thug. If I'm not in a good mood, I'll listen to 'King TROUP' - that's a real emotional one. "

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

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

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

" I'm already popular in my city. I was just trying to get rich. Man, I'm not gonna lie to you; I didn't really want to go back to school. I mean, my family was mad about that. Because, you know, you tell your family you want to rap, and they look at you like you're crazy. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

" I don't know... Philly's a little different. It's a little bit more competitive. Everybody's got something to prove. In Atlanta, you see stars every day walking down the street; it's normal. "

" The thing that makes me different from any other rapper is that I usually talk real crazy in my songs. "

" 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

" 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 saw Marilyn Manson. He had, like, the platinum grills, and that's when I got my first ones. And honestly, I didn't even buy them. My grandma bought those. I paid her back right away, though. "

Lil Uzi Vert

Right

Away

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" There's a lot of haters in Philly, but it's a lot of people that give you support - but way more haters. It's definitely a great city to be from. But it's not really a lot of people that come out of there. So when you, like, make it out of Philadelphia, everywhere else is easy. "

" You can't say I look like this person or sound like this person exactly because I made it my own. I'm pretty, pretty influenced by myself right now. "

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

Lil Uzi Vert

Straight

Leap

" 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 stopped thinking; I just go out, and everything is in the moment. I just stop thinking and start moving - you just gotta be you. "

Lil Uzi Vert

You

Moment

" I never wanted to be no rapper. "

" 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. "