Zitat des Tages von Tory Lanez:
I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.
People live their lives through melodies. If you can't sing, then music is worthless.
I'm not a singer. I'm not an R&B singer. I'm an artist.
I definitely want to work with Kanye, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande - all the big people.
Singing is one of the most important components to me. That's kinda how it all started.
It doesn't take long to make catchy songs. That's not my problem.
I don't have beef with nobody... You know when it's beef, because then we just start playing scoreboard, and nobody wants to play scoreboard.
One of my favorite reggae songs is Wayne Wonder's 'No Letting Go.' And Sizzla 'Give Me A Try.' That's one of my favorite songs as well.
A lot of times, people won't be 100 percent real with their story, and I wanted to give people the drawn-out experience of the perseverance and the struggle that it took to get here.
I still direct my own videos.
I'm definitely more of a rockstar than anything.
I go through the same kind of situations as other people. I have to give that to people, because people have this facade, this mirage, this mirror about me.
I just want to work with the big people and the people who make great music.
We just want to be No. 1. Is there a problem with that? Can I be the best? Can y'all watch me be great? Will y'all allow me to do that?
The reason why I called it 'I Told You' is because I wanted to show people that I have been doubted, and I have been in the face of adversity. Coming out of that situation, this is my 'I told you' moment.
I like the music from Drake. I like the music from PARTY. I like music from The Weeknd, Justin Bieber.
Swavey, it puts more than one genre of music together. That's the approach I have with all music I do.
Me personally, I don't think I'm even hot enough to be getting dissed.
Subconciously, the things you listen to and you believe in, those things are going to come out, you know what I mean? I think you take that and make it your sound; that's what I do when I'm putting together genres of music.
Swavey is a musical genre that I came up with to describe artists who are too talented to stay in a box with their music.
I try to make music, all kinds of music, whether it be singing or rapping.
My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools.
I just pray to God and make sure I'm good with God.
I have a lot of money, but I still feel broke. When I say I feel broke, I don't mean broke in a financial sense, but I still feel like that kid from the gutter who's still trying to get it, even though I'm at the place I want to be.
I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto.
That's what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma, and no mom to help you. It changed the person that I am today.
I'm a very cultural person, and Canada is a very cultural place.
If you try to be better every day, more miracles happen in your life.
The whole 'I Told You,' there's nothing written. That was all out of the feeling. That's why the album is so incredible to me - it's all out of the heart; I didn't take time to pre-calculate it.
My mom died when I was 11 years old.
I'm getting money over here. I'm good, I'm young, I'm finally in a position to feed my family; please don't take that away from me.
I'm here to be the guy that rubs people the wrong way sometimes.
Everyone is friends with each other, and you have to like what's hot. You have to do all these things as if there's no real feelings. As if you can't dislike something any more. We all just have to be buddy-buddy.
I have a lot of fans, but a lot of people don't know who I am.
What, do you think I'm here to be second place, brother?
I'm not a hater. I've expressed this before.