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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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See

Rock

" 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

" 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. "

" Wherever you're from, you adapt to your environment. It definitely made my music a little bit more explicit. Because I really was in North Philly, I listened to State Property and stuff. Everything my dad listened to, I listened to. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

Lil Uzi Vert

Straight

Leap

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I just want to be successful. I'm not going to sit here and be like, 'I want to win a Grammy' or whatever; if that comes, that's awesome. But I just want to be successful and provide for my whole family and get my family out the hood. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

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