ASAP Rocky Quotes

I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.

All of the young people - the artsy people, people who get overlooked because they're weird or they don't have hype around them - need to get some shine.

I like women. I love women.

I wouldn't mind collaborating with anybody, but I don't want to design anything, I'm not a fashion designer.

I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.

I'm a people's person, believe it or not. I just have a dark side to me, which we all do.

I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.

I want to make my own path and leave behind a good legacy for myself and honestly, I just want to be innovative and always down for other people. That's what I want to be remembered by. I want to inspire.

Why can't I be friends with somebody who's gay? Why not? You can miss out on a lot by being so small-minded and stereotypical about people. It's stupid.

There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful.

I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.

In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There's no borders, no barriers.

Sometimes I feel like what's hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. That's really the hard part.

You ready? I have gold teeth, I have braids, I'm wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a biker vest, I love artsy girls, my favourite artists are Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. I'm obsessed with being different.

I take cabs if I need to get somewhere or I take car service. I don't drive, I wouldn't mind riding a bike... People think that because you become an entertainer you gotta have this rock star thug image. I'm an artist, man. I'm going to live like an artist.

God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart.

I don't have any favourite lyrics. Honestly, all of them I love 'em to death - it's the same with songs. I don't have just one favourite lyric, I love them all.

I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.

I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: "Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he's better than Biggie." That was all hype.

Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.

I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!

Design my own line? No, I just like the culture.

People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.

Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!