Quotes by Travie McCoy

About Travie McCoy:

Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He is the co-founder and lead singer of the rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, in addition to having a solo career. McCoy became involved with punk rock scenes as a teenager. He formed the group Gym Class Heroes with childhood friend Matt McGinley, and after several line-up changes, the group was signed to Fueled by Ramen, and released their debut album.
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No one in my circle calls me 'Travis.' Even my family, at a young age started calling me 'Travie.' So I want people to feel comfortable calling me 'Travie.' It's almost like inviting people in.

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DJ Sliink is amazing, and his production is on the next level. There are a lot of EDM producers that I'd like to work with, not for the sake of having an engineered record, but for the fact that I love their production and music.

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The best thing I ever bought is my dog Stitch. He's the best friend & companion.

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Albums take a lot out of you.

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A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie.

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I think anything we do outside of Gym Class Heroes still falls under the Gym Class Heroes umbrella. There's really no method to the madness. With Gym Class, it's more of a democratic process, and when I'm working on solo stuff, it's just me, either w...

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I feel like a lot of people in the hip hop world don't take me seriously as a rapper, and I feel that first-and-foremost I came up as a rapper before I started singing. All a lot of people know from me is 'Cupid's Chokehold,' and they don't scratch t...

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The first record we put out on Fueled by Ramon, 'The Papercut Chronicles,' we had no idea what the term 'producer' meant. It was just us writing songs, and we are trying to go back to that - singing in a room and vibing off each other.

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We didn't want to worry about the formula that has been implanted into our brains - this verse/pre-chorus/chorus format. When we were writing 'The Papercut Chronicles,' we had no idea about any of that. We didn't know how to count bars or how to writ...

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Since the inception of Gym Class in 1997, every member has had another musical outlet, if not three or four.

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A lot of underground hip-hop will inspire me as far as rhyme patterns - really wordy, intelligent lyrics.

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I've been producing since the early stages of Gym Class Heroes. A lot of the songs on the first 'Papercut Chronicles' were actually beats that I made.

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I'm not a big bulky jewelry dude.

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Pain is definitely a genius in his own right. 'Thr33 Ringz' is definitely one of my top 10 albums. It's one of those albums you listen to front-to-back.

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With anything I do, it's hard to categorize it. With any project, I just go in and blindly start writing songs and then find out which way we want to go with it.

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When I was playing junior football when I was a kid, we were the Geneva Giants, so it was kind of embedded in me to be a Giants fan.

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Being a kid during the '80s, I feel I didn't really get the full experience.

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I'd like to be remembered as someone that lived life by his own rules with no regrets.

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When the fishbowl gets too small, it's time to pack up and leave and jump into the lake or ocean.

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I took vocal lessons for the first time and actually learned a lot about using my voice as an instrument as opposed to just doing what I've always done and going by feeling. I'm still doing that, but I've learned a lot of tricks and how to manipulate...

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Author Bio

  • NameTravie McCoy
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornAugust 6, 1981
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger