Tee Grizzley Quotes

To me, being real is being yourself. You know, that’s whether you’re a pop artist or whatever.

I was raised by my grandma, had aunties and sisters in the house.

I don’t try to be politically correct.

I read a lot of Louis L’amour Western books.

Ain’t nobody gonna come from where I come from, keep it real as I did and make it with the local Detroit sound that has never made it in the industry before. Where I’m going, I don’t feel like too many people from my city are going to blaze this trail.

I appreciate Drake‘s music, I appreciate Future‘s music, I appreciate Lil Durk’s music. I appreciate Uzi, Meek Mill, I appreciate Migos.

Donald Trump is a good businessman, and I say that because he made a lot of money, so he got to be. As far as his presidency, I ain’t pay no attention to him and what he been doing in office.

I can’t freestyle or else I’ll just start saying anything, so I’ll write the song first and then record. I’ll rap to the producer and he’ll make the beat off my rap.

I have a relationship with God. I do believe in God, The Son, and Holy Ghost. But I respect everybody, and as far as the Muslims go, I like how they live because they have discipline. They have real structure and I like.

I can be more real and more vulnerable when I sing.

I don’t have no shame.

Discipline yourself. Be conscious of what you think, and what you like. What gets you mad? What gets you in your feelings? Figure that stuff out and take control of it so nobody else can control you.

Dudes like me, where I’m from with my sound, don’t get signed! It ain’t like labels in and out of Detroit and it’s a guarantee and I got talent that everybody sees.

Greatest Detroit MC… Eminem.

Like, you can have church at your house. I feel like as long as you’re giving Him praise, you can do it wherever. You don’t have to be inside of a church to give praise to Him.

I really like R&B more than rap.

I started rapping when I was young, like 12, 11. But I wasn’t really talking about nothing and it didn’t really get me nowhere.

My favorite Taylor Swift song is between ‘Blank Space’ and ‘Wildest Dreams.’

I am going to make singles with other artists and put those out there – I’d love to work with Bruno Mars, Drake, Kendrick Lamar. But when somebody buys a Tee Grizzley album, all they’re going to hear is Tee Grizzley.

When people hear my music, they ain’t really hearing about no shiny stuff, the glamorous life. They’re going to hear that gritty, slum.

I’m not even going to lie – when I’m in the studio, I’m not like, ‘Alright, let me make a hit.’ I just try to make good music to the best of my ability.

I realized that I got problems bigger than anything that can happen in prison. So I started reading books, talking to people who had a head on their shoulders, sold my TV and just got a whole bunch of books.

When I was in prison, rap was all I had at that point because I was kicked out of school, all that education just gone and I couldn’t come out of prison to play football – that was all over with.

I can’t even go to Rolling Loud and perform without the police and the news lying on me, trying to lock me up.

If I’m just hanging with all stars and people with money, you can get lost and caught up. You get to moving like you got it made and you get to spending. That’s how a lot of people go broke.

I used to read three books a day, sometimes.

When you in the positive light and good space, do everything to keep it that way and be real careful what you say and how you move because your world can come crashing down on you.

I’ve had a lot of big impacts before the music as far as deaths and tragedies and experiences in my life.

First Day Out’ just took off under our noses. I was shocked. I was happy. I can’t even explain the feeling. It’s something I always wanted my whole life.

I’m just gonna keep making good music and continue to stay in tune with the people and with reality.