ASAP Rocky Quotes

So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual - and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'

For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and making that my stomping ground... That was a big thing, because I'm from Harlem, and downtown is more artsy and also more open-minded. So I got the best of both worlds.

I wanted to model when I was younger.

The worst thing a good girl could do to you is break your heart.

Rihanna is a pothead and so am I, so we're real cool. Weed is going to bring us together as a generation. Drugs is what created Woodstock. Let's be clear about that.

I want to be the first guy to help people accept everybody for who they are. I'm talking about colors, religions, sex, everybody. My music is for everybody, it's not just for one kind of group.

I was thinking about naming my child Kanye.

I don't even like New York rappers.

It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.

Ksubi' - the Australian jean brand, they're one of my favourite brands of just clothes and stuff, and the Swedish brand 'Acne', but other than that, not at this point in time designing. I wouldn't mind collab'n with those guys though.

I was ashamed to let anyone know that I was living in a shelter. I remember one time coming home and some kids saw me and were like, "What you doing here? This is a shelter!" But I was like, "My mom's working there." It was pretty embarrassing.

I don't cook, 'cause I don't know how to cook.

A lot of energy and excitement - that's what a lot of my shows are, energy and excitement.

But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I'm just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that.

I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets.

I really want to do the unexpected, and I think that's what I did when I executed 'Long.Live.A$AP.' I wanted people to really see the message and that I'm an artist who not only has the capability of rapping, but of composing great music both for people of my generation and for people with different backgrounds.

I know that women are smarter than men. I don't wanna sound like I'm on a bandwagon for chicks but I do love 'em, can't front. Women are smarter than men. I know I gotta lot of chicks up my sleeve but you guys are twice as good.

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.

Probably, violent things I've done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I've ever done.

[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.

If a chick wants to know who makes my shoes, she's got to take them off my feet and look inside.

I thought highly of myself growing up. I still do. There's not really much somebody can say to me to bring down my confidence or anything.

Who people like is their own business. It don't concern me. I know what I do - and I'm having a lot of fun with the women that I'm with.

Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.

I'm not a gangster, bro.

I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.

I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they're gonna represent me. And if I'm gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.

I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.

I'm starting to find out that a lot of people that you wouldn't think listen to me really do.

When I started, I was 23 years old directing my own music videos; I'm co-producing on my album; I'm hands-on with everything. I'm more than just a pretty boy: I'm an artist. I'm not saying I'm a hip-hop music artist, I'm an artiste.

You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.

I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep.

I'm not a gay rights activist.

I strive for perfection, but Im not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.

When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill.

I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about.

I dress how I feel. I just go off emotion. I can't prepare my outfit a day before. Everything I wear is spontaneous.

I didn't want to be a loser, but I didn't want to fit in at the same time because I don't like just being ordinary. So it's one of those situations where I always kept my head up.

I've got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes.

I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying?

I haven't been a gay activist. I haven't protested for gay rights or none of that, but one thing I can say is that a lot of the designers I wear are gay and I like their clothes.

It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.

Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least.

With clothes, I like mixing what different designers do until it becomes a personal expression of how I'm feeling that day.