My fears are never about failure - it's about extreme success.
— Lil Dicky
I grew up upper middle class.
I always wanted to be a comedian.
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.
LeBron James - I'm such a big basketball fan, and to be in his body for a day and be able to just dunk at will, have that level of court awareness and size, oh my goodness, that would be a treat.
I was lucky enough to be in the studio with Drake and Kanye before I put 'Freaky Friday' out. I showed them the video before I put it out.
I'm not ever going to stop rapping. I love rap.
I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know?
One time, I performed 'Save Dat Money' with Justin Bieber. I was at his album release party, and he was like, 'Do you want to do the song?' I was also on a date, so the date met Justin Bieber, and I couldn't have looked cooler.
I'm not a big festivalgoer as in, like, a citizen.
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.
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 care most about what rappers think about me as a rapper, and I've gotten a lot of praise. I think rappers understand I'm a really good rapper, and that means more to me than a random person, you know, 'cause they know what goes into making rap music.
A part of me wants to rely less and less on comedic visuals and make more substantial standalone music. And get a sitcom on TV where I can let my comedy do the talking there.
Being funny is my biggest differentiator, and I think I'd be a fool not to use that, and there's nothing I enjoy personally more than making a human being laugh. But then, I also think I have a serious side to me.
I've always been totally enamored by hip-hop. I wouldn't say I liked it exclusively growing up. It was, like, that and alt-rock. But I always preferred it. It set a tone for everything I wanted to do in life.
I will be in a position where I can afford the Bugatti, but I most certainly won't be buying it.
Love is a fickle thing. But I still believe in it.
Lil Wayne was one of my favorite rappers.
As a public figure, I'm always interested in being part of brands that I actually enjoy. So, I would never do something with somebody I don't believe in, a product I don't believe in. There are so many products out there that I love that I'd chomp at the bit to be a part of their campaign.
I love rap, and part of hip-hop culture is being excessive and absurd, and I can't be excessive and absurd without sounding corny. So I have to do it in a very truthful, weird way.
Like, I haven't even tried a cherry before, because I'm such a picky eater, and I behave like a 9-year-old.
My whole initial goal was to be a comedian, so it's not like I chose to do a TV show out of nowhere. It's kind of always been goal to do a TV show.
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.
Growing up, the one thing I noticed was that everyone seemed to laugh at my jokes wherever I went.
It is crazy how people can't understand the concept of comedy and music. It's like they have to be mutually exclusive.
I really don't spend my money that much unless I'm reinvesting in my business.
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 would say that I don't make music quickly; like, my process has been very slow, and my bar is very high, and I don't really rush to make music just to get something out there.
I grew up when Chris Brown was, like, an icon. He was my ringtone when I was in high school.
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.
I think everybody has their own inner rap spirit animal.
If I apply myself to rap, I'm gonna be the best rapper alive. If I apply myself to comedy, I'm going to be the funniest guy alive.
Obviously, my aspirations are to be considered one of the best. Like, anyone rapping should have that mindset.
It's impressive to the girl that I'm texting that I have my own emojis. It adds to my charm as a man seeking love.
Money doesn't drive me in the slightest.
There just hasn't been a voice for that normal dude when it comes to rap.
If we're evaluating cool to the way other rappers appear to be cool, then I'm not cool at all.
I'm pretty self-aware, and I am an embarrassingly flawed human being in a ton of ways.
I think people just have to realize that music grows, and hip-hop evolves. I mean, everything evolves.
I spent two years making music in San Francisco for my first mixtape. Initially, I was not at all doing this to be a professional rapper, a touring rapper. I didn't think I had that talent level in me.
It's hard to form actual legitimate relationships.
I can't really rap the way rappers rap; I drive a 2002 Toyota Avalon.
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.
Snoop Dogg and T-Pain, to me, are like legends so it's like, any time you get to work with a legend like that, it's cool.
Personally, I feel like I'm trying to redefine what a really good rapper can be like. Like, I think it's not often where a good rapper can be making funny music.
I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you'd get, like, a real Division I basketball player.
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.
I have Kanye's ego to some extent.
