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
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
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 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
‘Yela’ represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. ‘Wolf’ speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music. – 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
Where I’m from is like ‘Hustle & Flow’ versus ‘8 Mile.’ It’s that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music. – Yelawolf
I can tell you that when you’re willing to give your life up to see a dream through, the reward is great. – Yelawolf
Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock. – 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
I think any artist that’s going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success. – Yelawolf
I’m always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me. – 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
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
I’m not ashamed of anything that I’ve done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason. – Yelawolf