Travis Scott Quotes

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don’t care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

I was born in Houston, Texas. I grew up in Houston, by Missouri City. It’s, like, a suburb in the area; it’s middle-class. But I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six.

You’ve gotta motivate kids. They wanna grow up. They got problems. You’ve gotta give ’em that music to make ’em feel like they’re OK, and it’s only a couple of artists that do that.

I’m not into just one thing; I always felt like I had to have my hand in everything revolving around what I do, whether it’s directing videos, making beats, making music, performing.

Yes, money is important. But it’s all about the creative process.

I’m not a gangsta.

Honestly, I really can’t speak on others, but in a sense, I feel like every artist always has their problems with the industry because we all want to have our creative way.

I must say, I’ve been in the studio with Jay Z, dog… I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

Raging and having good feelings and having fun is something I plan on doing and spreading across the world. I just need air and a mic.

Beyonce is, like, the highest level. We all reach for that level.

I’m big on diversity. My music is very diverse; I don’t want it to ever be typecasted.

I feel like God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man.

I’m attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.

One day, Travi$ is going to be moving like The Beatles.

My music isn’t rappity-rap-rap-rap.

I skipped ‘College Dropout’ and ‘Late Registration’ and went straight to ‘808s & Heartbreak.’

There are people who take fashion at different levels, but personally, I’m just a kid with it.

My mom used to work for Coach and Louis Vuitton, in retail. So, I’ve always been around it. I’ve always had that connection. Always.

I’m a big fan of Kid Cudi. He was, like, the only concert I think I went to as a kid. He was on tour with Asher Roth.

I don’t look at myself as a designer; I’m focused on music.

I’m super nice – I just get excited!

I like how fashion is becoming more like music. It’s more adaptive to young kids. It’s more adaptive to a more on-the-go lifestyle. More street vibe. But I’ve always been into it.

I don’t write; I just go in the booth.

The most ironic thing is my grandfather has his masters in music composition; he was a jazz composer. My dad was a musician, too. He played more, like, soul music.

My mom worked for Apple, and my dad owned his own business.

I feel like ‘Birds in the Trap’ seem united; it’s just metaphor for ones in their box that are stuck and can’t get their creative idea out.

I want first and foremost to help other artists, launch new names, to provide opportunities. I want to do for them what happened to me, but better.

I’m La Flame at all times. That, at times, can be bad, at times can be good.

My grandad, he has his doctorate in psychology.

Every time I go into the studio, it’s some next level, man.

My A&R at Epic got fired the first week I got signed.

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

I was working with Jay Z while I was still learning how to be who I was about to become.

I feel like everything needs to be stylised; that’s always been my mindset.

Raging and having good feelings and having fun is something I plan on doing and spreading across the world. I just need air and a mic.

There’s a lot of us out here that are birds, man. We all need to just fly.

I feel like everyone just gets constricted by their parents or, just, life.

I don’t need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on.

You’ve gotta motivate kids. They wanna grow up. They got problems. You’ve gotta give ’em that music to make ’em feel like they’re OK, and it’s only a couple of artists that do that.

I know what my identity is.

I’m an artist. I produce, I direct, and all of that goes into the music.

Drake is an amazing person. Also, a magician. He’s a big brother, super-talent; he’s cool.

I was in early on with ‘Yeezus.’

I have devoted myself to the Rockets.

Money is something that keeps you alive and healthy and just keeps you focused. It’s the drive. It’s the passion.

You can’t buy being a rock star.

I remember my mom bought me one of their shirts for Easter so that I could wear Helmut Lang for Easter. That was my first piece.

I don’t get why radio shows allow artists to do shows without creative control, without any art direction at all. Instead of that, I get their press guys, their camera guys to be my backdrop of my show.

I see hip-hop as going in a self-managing place. It’s very culturally controlled and artist-controlled. It’s not really based on a label anymore. Everything is pretty much in the control of the artist. Which is amazing.

With albums like ‘Rodeo,’ ‘Days Before Rodeo’ and ‘Owl Pharaoh,’ I was really tuned into wanting to get people to understand my conscious and who I was mentally and who I am mentally.

I’m a Bieber fan, man! That kid is ill!

I always hate when, like, my favorite performer has a boring moment. Especially when they got mad hits.

My work ethic is crazy. I’m a producer, an artist, and a video director.

I’m not hip-hop.

I’ve been really trying to put people onto, like, my sound since I was, like, 17, 16.

I’m always up for collaborating with brands and people who actually design, but doing your own line is a whole other beast. I don’t think I could deal with the criticism.

I design music; I don’t produce it.

My mom worked for Apple, and my dad owned his own business.

My grandad, he has his doctorate in psychology.

I don’t write; I just go in the booth.

You can’t buy vision, and you can’t buy aesthetic.

I love my fans more than anything.

That’s where I get my whole music theory from, my pops and my grandfather.

I feel like God put me here to help out with people’s soul, man.

Me being in Houston, I wanted to leave there because it was only known for one thing. That’s why I hit N.Y.; that’s why I hit L.A. That’s why I hit Paris, London. I just picked up basically everything, but I morphed it into what Travi$ Scott is and into what I know is fresh.

When you come to my show, it’s like a no-holds-barred, underground Royal Rumble.

I’m just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they’re around me.

I love my fans more than anything.

I have devoted myself to the Rockets.

I must say, I’ve been in the studio with Jay Z, dog… I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

I’m not a gangsta.

Cudi should be a top tier artist… I think he fathered a lot of the style of music. He’s a good influence and a good help.

I’m a magician, like David Blaine. I could never fall.

I don’t look at myself as a designer; I’m focused on music.

I’m just here for good times, man. I want people to have the best time ever. Especially if they’re around me.

There are people who take fashion at different levels, but personally, I’m just a kid with it.

My A&R at Epic got fired the first week I got signed.

I’ve got a song with Roscoe Dash – that’s next level, man.

I want to do what Kid Cudi did for kids for my generation.

I feel like more artists like me should be on the radio. Everything is, like, so controlled by, like, super popular music. You know what I’m saying? Like, c’mon.

I was working with Jay Z while I was still learning how to be who I was about to become.

When you come to my show, it’s like a no-holds-barred, underground Royal Rumble.

James Blake is a real good friend of mine. He’s real different than what you thinks. He’s super turned up.

‘Days Before Rodeo’ is just the journey of me finding out who I am.

I’m a magician, like David Blaine. I could never fall.

You’ve gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.

I never produce a song, whether writing it or making a beat, and give it a wack visual or wack performance. I’m like a trifecta.

I know what my identity is.

Beyonce is, like, the highest level. We all reach for that level.

With albums like ‘Rodeo,’ ‘Days Before Rodeo’ and ‘Owl Pharaoh,’ I was really tuned into wanting to get people to understand my conscious and who I was mentally and who I am mentally.

A nerd can call another nerd a nerd.

You can’t buy swag.

Kanye is the leading eagle: he’s like the president who stands up for kids like us who have ideas.

I’m La Flame at all times. That, at times, can be bad, at times can be good.

I feel like ‘Birds in the Trap’ seem united; it’s just metaphor for ones in their box that are stuck and can’t get their creative idea out.