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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Lil Dicky

Going

Remember

Life

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

" 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. "

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

Lil Dicky

High

" 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. "

" I have never been more physically tired than after that first song of my first concert. "

Lil Dicky

Song

First

" 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

Hand

Favorite

" I will be in a position where I can afford the Bugatti, but I most certainly won't be buying it. "

" 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. "

" It's not that I'm playing a rapper. I definitely feel like I'm a legitimate rapper. I just think that, who I am, there's more to me than just being a rapper. "

Lil Dicky

Think

" 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. "

" I don't necessarily think that when I graduated college, I had a plan to work at an ad agency. I had a plan in terms of getting the best job I could, like, just whatever normal job. "

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

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

Lil Dicky

Laugh

Growing Up

" I grew up upper middle class. "

Lil Dicky

Upper

Class

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

" I think my TV show is gonna be my big thing, so I'm pretty focused on that, and I think doing that will lead to all of the other opportunities I want, to jump to movies and other stuff, but it starts with that. "

" I knew I could rap a little bit, which is not the most unique way for being funny. The more I did it, the better I got at rapping, and then I fell in love with the craft of it, and the possibility that I was a good rapper was very intriguing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's hard to form actual legitimate relationships. "

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

Lil Dicky

Slightest

Drive

" Working at the ad agency showed me just how possible things were from a production standpoint. "

" By putting this music out, I think I genuinely eliminated 80 percent of the previous jobs I was qualified for. "

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