“If something’s dope, you got to go with it.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Everything has a cycle and a season.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m gonna bring Bad Brains vibes ‘cos that’s what I do.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Everything happens at the perfect time, man. You may not realize it. But now I do.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m never satisfied. I want to get to the next level.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“OT Genasis is my L.A. homie; I’ve seen him grind, and he is still making hits.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I like Future, Young Thug, Mike WiLL, DJ Spinz, Metro Boomin, Drake, Kendrick.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I want to be one of those ones: a legend.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“The whole reason behind my album ‘Free TC’ is seeing all that police brutality, injustice, mass incarceration.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“The softest thing I’ve ever heard are the wind chimes in my backyard. They are soft and cool and mellow.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I kick it with a whole bunch of people, whereas some people only want you to kick it with one race, you know.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Working with Babyface was legendary.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Now I know we have the power to incite change through the Internet – keep sharing our stories, our dreams, and our struggles.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Fifteen is around the time when my parents broke up, and all I was listening to was 2Pac.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“J Dilla is the top producer of all time, in my book, alongside Timbaland and Pharrell. Then DJ Mustard.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I never gave up, but a lot of the homies did, and I don’t feel sorry for them.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“When we dropped ‘Toot It And Boot It,’ Mustard didn’t even do beats, and now he’s killin’ it. So it’s just cool to see all of my bros taking over.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“The Internet is the vehicle we’re driving to share our visuals, outrage, and ideas around the world.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“There was a lot of Pac haters, but I definitely love Pac. I wish I got to do a song with him.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Piano feels soft. Violins and all different string instruments feel soft. Guitar, even electric guitar before you start adding distortion, that you can play soft.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“My song ‘Saved:’ that’s EDM-vibes with some L.A. vibes.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m not gonna front and act like your boyfriend. I’m out here, you know what I’m saying?”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Every time I hear ‘Miracle,’ I feel a certain type of way.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“As a kid, my pops did music, too. He was in a group called Lakeside back in the day.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m from L.A. South Central area.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’ve been everywhere man. I’m from L.A., though.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“One of my uncles played in The Isleys. I went to all their shows.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I feel like on ‘Free TC,’ you know, I feel like I went hard, and not enough people recognized.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Even though the Clintons started mass incarceration, which my brother is a victim of, things are going to change, though. Somebody made them do that.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I care about people, and I’ve learned in life that the only thing we are here for is to learn and teach.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Everybody just wants to steal each other’s energy.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I want to buy up a gang of properties in my neighborhood and give people the chance to live in new buildings. We should make our areas nice.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I make bangers all the time, and I knew it was going to come. My mom probably used to think it wasn’t going to happen. My daughter’s mom thought it wasn’t going to happen, and a couple of girlfriends. You just gotta keep on doing it. I’m living proof.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Yeah, it’s Pushaz Ink for life. Me, YG, and Mustard started a movement, and we brought back the West.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I am Mr. ‘Toot it and Boot It.’”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Rioting definitely brings attention to the situation at hand.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Why do we have to have another riot?”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“God is good.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I did a song with Rihanna recently, and I was like, ‘How did you find out about me or whatever?’ And she said, ‘Drake.’”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I used to always want a boy, and when I had a girl, I thought I wasn’t going to like it, but I love having a girl.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m using my platform to help out a little bit, you know. It’s only right.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“To me, it’s 2016 about to be 2017. I can’t believe there’s still a racism factor.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“My brother is really talented.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m definitely the super-cool dad.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“The only thing I could be better at is to be around more. Other than that, I’m a great dad. I come to the soccer games and teach her stuff, go over her homework with her every night; we stay on the phone. I try to be as good as a dad as I can be.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“My dad put me with all the greatest people. It definitely helped me now, because I know so much more about music and composition. It’s cool. I love Pops. I’m super thankful for everything he’s done to help my career.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’ve got all of the old school vinyls from the ’70s – even further back, like the jazz music in the ’40s, ’50s, ’60s. Then I’ve got all the ’80s stuff underground, hip-hop when hip-hop really first started. The ’90s stuff. All of the good stuff, because I’m really into music, and it helps me create new songs now.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“When ‘Paranoid’ came out, how many other ‘Paranoids’ came out? No shots, just real.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“How many fake Drakes are there? How many fake Migos are there?”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Tell all the ladies to follow me on Snapchat. I don’t want to see no guys snapping me.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I write other people songs. Recirculate it. It’s the music business.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“It’s certain rappers that can really rap, that really spit all bars, so I understand why someone would say, ‘You not a real rapper.’ But the main thing is, if you can make good songs, who cares? So I don’t know why guys be tripping on Drake. He makes great music. He’s dope.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“God blessed us with all this money, so why not take the money and put it into my brother’s case? Talk about social and racial injustice in our country, and mass incarceration in our country?”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I had a kid, so I had to step it up and get that cake.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Every person needs to go home and have that person to wake up to – eventually, when the party’s over.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“The mass incarceration going on in this country and with my people is crazy.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I got all the women and everything I want, but my brother is locked up. I can’t leave him behind.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“J Cole went platinum with no features, and I wanna go platinum!”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I think I’m gonna do more songs on my own.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Ever since Apple Music, Spotify, and all of those things came around, we can choose whatever we want to listen to. Before then, it was all controlled, but now, everybody listens to everything.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“At first, I ain’t gon’ lie, I used to be a little nervous about what people were gon’ think about my music, but once I let that go, then everything started happening.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“It’s simple: put the money into schools and not prisons.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“We’ll get way further if we educate people and not lock them up.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’ve been building slow, step by step.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I grew up around a lot of church musicians.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m tryna figure out when I’m gonna do my version of the Moonwalk… It’s coming, you know? That Dolla $ign moonwalk is comin’.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“That’s where I got lucky; nobody else is doing what I do or really can do what I do.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m just thankful to be blessed with my talent.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I love Jailynn so much. She’s the best daughter. I bet every dad says that.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m promoting partying and having fun and being that type of American. I don’t wanna hurt nobody’s feelings.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I love seeing love. I had this one girl that I was really tryna go hard with, but it wasn’t it.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“My production got better, songs, lyrics, everything; the sound, the quality, everything.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“One day, I’m gonna make a song with John Mayer.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“One day, I’m gonna make a song with Kaskade.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I feel like everybody’s inspired off of everybody.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“For those of you that don’t know, the reason I named my album ‘Free TC’ is because my lil’ brother is named TC. He’s locked up for something that he didn’t do, and what I’m trying to do is just raise awareness around the whole mass incarceration thing going on in our country, especially with our people.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I remember watching the first Million Man March as a kid, and I always knew that if I got a chance to go to one, I would go.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Fifth grade was when I first heard ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit;’ it was the energy, and his voice. I liked 311 and Sublime, too, though that might have been a little after that.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Quavo’s energy in the studio in unreal.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Bad Brains is one of my all-time favorite punk bands.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“YG and I started a long time ago back in ’08, and I am proud of where we are now.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Jagged Edge is one of my favorite R&B groups.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“When I put out ‘Toot It and Boot It,’ did anything sound like that?”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I don’t despise anyone. It’s definitely all about the love.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I mess with white girls, Asian girls, Spanish girls, black girls, everything.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I like Jaco Pastorius’ ‘Portrait of Tracy.’ He was this bass player who played jazz fusion. He was the dopest bass player who ever lived.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“When it comes to making a song, whatever the beat tells me to do, I do.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Really, I’ve been working forever, just doing music, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue, everybody is just on it.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m happy and thankful that people are messing with the Dolla $ign.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I’m a big fan of Fetty Wap.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“’Shell Shocked’ is so different from what people are used to hearing from Ty Dolla Sign.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“It’s hella crazy being included in the music for the ‘Ninja Turtles’ movie.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“As a producer, when I’m trying to make something soft, I start with a slow tempo. Then after that, it would be straight to acoustic guitar and vocals, or I’m going to go strings and just piano.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I used to go to the Church of the Harvest, right off Adams and La Brea. There was a pastor there who had the best big choir and the best band. He would start praying, and the music would start playing and just make people feel so good, you could break out of whatever you were going through. Soft music can have that effect, too.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“Out of every other rap guy, Wiz is the most humble, down-to-earth guy, like me.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I do a little bit of everything.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“With L.A. it’s like, yeah, there’s Death Row and whatever. But I always wanted to know what those artists were sampling. It’s how I fell in love with music.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“People have died in jail that have been innocent.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
“I used Atlantic like I was supposed to.”
― Ty Dolla Sign
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