Durk: "I'll never stick to one sound, I switch it up."

Durk: "I let my team pick what order the records go. I don't pick my own records. I'm a fan of my music regardless so you have to think outside of the box."

Durk: "I'm just trying to show people that I ain't gotta ride off no movement. I can ride off myself."

Durk: "I'm always going to be able to touch fans and get new fans because everybody goes through something everyday. I just keep touching different subjects by talking to the streets and reaching out to my fans by telling them a story instead of just giving them music to listen."

Durk: "I want to do, like, 50 records."

Durk: "I don't want my kids to be on the streets period. I want my kids to be nerds. I want them to be book smart or playing sports - I don't want them to know nothing about the streets."

Durk: "I'm big on the studio. I like to stay in it 24/7."

Durk: "You got to have a strong mind if you fall back. When you fall back, they going to count you out. So you got to have a strong mind and know your worth. When you come back, you've got to be different and even more better."

Durk: "Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself."

Durk: "I just wanted to speak to the streets and give them motivation on making it out. Whatever situation they're in, know that they can make do and have a better life."

Durk: "There's definitely a lot of responsibility to keep the good energy going."

Durk: "I was 17 and out of school, living with my mom, starving, not eating, getting locked up, no focus, no guidance. When you ain't got no guidance, you can't do too much. But then I had my first son and started working. I got the right people around me."

Durk: "My message is just showing people how I came from nothing."

Durk: "'L's,' it represents life. That's what I represent it as, life. When you throw the L's up for life, you can't go wrong. Like, no gang-banging, nothing like that."

Durk: "I like aiming for the producers who are hungry. I don't chase the wave."

Durk: "Once upon a time, I was really lost. I was 18 going on 19, and I was shy. All I want to do is get money, and the way I was thinking I was going to do that was a negative route."

Durk: "I'm really living my dream so if I were to change anything up, I probably wouldn't be where I am."

Durk: "I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I could rap and have fans and be a trendsetter."

Durk: "I listen to different artists. I open my mind to different artists."

Durk: "You got to want to evolve. It's something you can practice on but it just came to me. I wasn't really sitting there like, 'What can I do to get better?' It just came to me, talking to my people and my crew. They just tell me what my strongest and weakest points are at."

Durk: "I don't throw shade at anybody like, 'You sound like me.'"