Yelawolf Till It's Gone Quotes & Sayings

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

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat. — Yelawolf

Name Yellow Wolf comes from life experiences. Yellow is the color of the sun - its power, fire, and hunger. Wolf represents my fierceness and ability to survive. — Yelawolf

How many ya'll parents smoke weed? My momma still grows illegal weed in Alabama. — Yelawolf

You learn how to be an individual quick after 15 schools, man. After the first five or six, you realize you're always gonna be the new kid. — Yelawolf

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

You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists. — Yelawolf

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

1,2,3, I'm at the Chelsey Hotel, like, Sid and Nancy, with knife, and two grams of candy — Yelawolf

I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes. — Yelawolf

For real, some of my favorite music is Mexican. It's something about the bassline and the drumming. I can't even speak Spanish, but that's probably why I like it so much. — Yelawolf

This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man. — Yelawolf

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming out it can build into something special. — Yelawolf

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. — Yelawolf

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. — Yelawolf

You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work. — Yelawolf

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

Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry. — Yelawolf

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. — Yelawolf

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

I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it. — Yelawolf

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. — Yelawolf

There's no real outlet for making Hip-Hop in Alabama. You need to travel to get heard. You really need to be working though. You need to be going at it every day and getting yourself seen, getting yourself out there on the road, doing shows, making music. It's all about being on your grind. — Yelawolf

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

Most of my albums have a concept. They all have some kind of theme, some kind of feeling. I really take pride in that. — Yelawolf

Everybody needs a release. Sometimes people mosh at my shows. That inspired me to make records to get the people more crunk. People need a release and I enjoy being an artist that can do that for people. — Yelawolf

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. — Yelawolf

I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person. — Yelawolf

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. — Yelawolf

My fans are like no other. Completely original people. — Yelawolf