Quotes by Yelawolf

About Yelawolf:

Michael Wayne Atha is an American hip hop recording artist from Gadsden, Alabama. He is currently signed to Shady Records and Interscope Records. Yelawolf released his independent debut studio album titled Creekwater in 2005. From 2005 to 2010 he also released an extended play and four mixtapes. The last of the four, titled Trunk Muzik, amassed a strong following for the rapper, eventually landing him a deal with Interscope Records, which re-released the mixtape as Trunk Muzik 0-60 later that year.
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I'm from the South, and there's a different understanding of how to chop. There's a syllable play. It's a delicate art. Your accent has a lot to do with it. If you're from a certain area, words don't roll of your tongue as slick.

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I definitely prefer intimate crowds. I mean, those are always the best shows, like, a small venue. Packed to the gills. Hot, sweaty. Those are always the fun shows.

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My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope.

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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.

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I can tell you that when you're willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great.

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Shady's great; I love Shady Records.

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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.

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You have to fall. You have to understand what that feels like. For what I want in my life, and for where I want to go with this music, you gotta be humiliated, man. You gotta understand what that feels like. It just makes you stronger.

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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.

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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.

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Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.

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I don't go to clubs and throw money and pop bottles. That's not my thing, no disrespect.

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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.

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I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.

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I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.

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I'm never scared what people are gonna think about music that I make.

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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.

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I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.

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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.

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American music culture is black culture.

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Author Bio

  • NameYelawolf
  • DescriptionAmerican rapper
  • AliasesMichael Wayne Atha; YelaWolf
  • BornDecember 30, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRapper