Success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.
G-EazyI am involved in every step of the process [musicmaking]. Whether it is the production or the mixing or the visuals and music videos. I'm involved in every step of the way as far as the creative, directing and merchandise . Just making sure everything that falls in line with my brand is portrayed a certain type of way. It all about quality control and attention to detail, and making sure anything you put your name on is on point.
G-EazyI want to tell every fan that I appreciate them with a retweet or reply but I don't want my account to lose my own tweets. I don't my fans to have to go through a bunch of replies to get to my own tweets right? In the big picture though I do read all of the tweets and I appreciate all of my followers and my fans.
G-EazyIf you're not putting enough time into the music, there's not gonna be a whole lot of it. So in my eyes, success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.
G-EazyA song or an album is never really done. You can work on it forever, but knowing when to call it a day and knowing when to walk away from it is extremely important.
G-EazyI don't come to Toronto often, so when I'm there it's always special and rare which I think makes it very exciting for my fans.
G-EazyIf I didn't make a single song in two months, I'm slippin'. You can't just party every night.
G-EazyWhen you're choosing the track list and the sequencing, it's important to make sure that there's some strong concepts on there and that it matters and it says something... that it sticks with people.
G-EazyI think it's important to say something. If you're making music it's kinda' like, oh, cool, so is everyone else.
G-EazyI'm on this raised-platform-stage and I'm put on display, but at the same time I'm just a human. I'm just a regular person at the end of the day and, you know, I just want them to know that I do appreciate every single one of them.
G-EazyThe biggest thing for me is the new music. I'm playing a lot of new music that is not released yet on my tours. Seeing the reaction to that is super inspiring.
G-EazyI wear what I like to wear, I don't pick out clothes to try to fit in or whatever, I just like what I like.
G-EazyI've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.
G-EazyMusic meant more to me than a social life and just hangin out. haha just being tired of repacking my suit case every couple of days, and anytime i wanted to cop some new clothes i would have to throw away something I had to make room in the suitcase.
G-EazyLess is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy.
G-EazyIn anything I do I try to stay true to myself because I think that's what matters most, and then the challenge is getting all these different sides of my personality to fit together in one box. It isn't an easy task. But that's basically what the end result represents.
G-EazyWhenever I perform I try to connect with the crowd and give off energy so when they walk away from the show its remarkable and its something they talk about it, like 'damn I cant wait to come back to my show.'
G-EazyWhen you put a tour together you really just think about who you'd like on your bill, who would make sense and who you would want to live with basically for a couple months and be around with and work with.
G-EazyToronto is amazing, it's one of my favourite cities to visit. Toronto and Montreal are just super dope places.
G-EazyThing is, I wasn't in the library, didn't study too much, didn't get the best grades, but honestly, I didn't party a lot either. I stayed in a lot.
G-EazyI think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.
G-EazyA great song can come from anybody. A great performance can come from anybody. It doesn't matter who you are, and that's truly what I believe.
G-EazyI see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around.
G-EazyI didnt grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, Ive never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
G-EazyAnybody can have a great album in themselves but it's not until you bring it out and put it into tangible form and creating it and working on it in the studio that all of that comes to life you know what I mean?
G-EazyIf you think about rap and how it has become so much easier to record music and release it, and you think about everyone in the world being a 'rapper' these days, it's so much easier. But it's still as hard as ever to break through and truly be successful in this industry.
G-EazyI stuck with my education, you know, I really did that for my grandma. It meant a lot to her that I finished school and in the grand scheme of things it was her who had saved and helped provide for me this opportunity to go to school.
G-EazyLost in this young world, I'm just trying to navigate See the pie sliced, I'm just trying to grab a plate.
G-EazyIf you push yourself to stay hungry, you're always working towards at least taking steps forward. If you're taking steps forward, then you're making progress.
G-EazyI was 14 years old when I started rapping and I was terrible. I fell in love with it though and when that happens with me I become super passionate and go all the way with it.
G-EazyWhat inspires me is the desire to be on. The desire to be successful. The desire to reach people through my music and make a living off it and never have to do anything else. Being able to do music full time and travel the world and share this music with everybody. That's the dream.
G-EazyThere's a crazy energy in Toronto. I think some of that may be from being a border from where I'm from and being so close.
G-EazyI just always wanted a platform. In the past, I always dreamed of having a following and a fan base - you know, a group of people just listening and paying attention to what I was making. I think the reality kicked in that you have to make a living so that you have enough time to keep creating, you know? 'Cause if you're not making a living at this, then you're making a living working another job, and if you're working another job, you're spending all your time doing that and can't put enough time into the music.
G-EazyI think it's important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.
G-EazyLife is good. I've got a apartment that is paid for with rap money. It's good. It's amazing. It's a blessing. I wake up every day and appreciate how much of a blessing this is getting to do this. But it is important to always stay humble, grounded, focused, and maintain that same ambition you had when you had nothing.
G-EazySometimes when you meet stars, on one hand you're like, "You're who I'm inspired by, you're who I look up to." On the other hand you're like, "I wanna be in the same kind of shoes that you're in." That's how I've always seen myself. Some of me is star-struck, some of me feels like I'm looking at a peer. They're another person who sees the world the same way I do, who already did it. It's inspiring.
G-EazyI've matured as a person and so has the music... It's gotten more sophisticated and interesting I think.
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