Lil Nas X

I want to build to that mogul, legendary level.

— Lil Nas X

I feel like Drake is doing exactly what I plan on doing, just being sick for all of, what, a decade now?…

— Lil Nas X

I run a meme type of account on Twitter; I know what my audience is looking for.

— Lil Nas X

And whenever I do step away from the Internet or the music too long, it's like I have to slowly get back…

— Lil Nas X

I have my name, and I have a growing fan base, so I'm gonna do whatever I want.

— Lil Nas X

Twitter can make a lot of things happen if you get enough retweets.

— Lil Nas X

TikTok helped me change my life. TikTok brought my song to several different audiences at once.

— Lil Nas X

I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

— Lil Nas X

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

— Lil Nas X

Growing up, I always liked so many different sounds from so many different genres - the different aspects they could bring.

— Lil Nas X

I was doing good in school, but I didn't want to do school anymore.

— Lil Nas X

I was doing Facebook comedy videos; then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter. That is where I…

— Lil Nas X

You step away from the public eye for too long, they don't care no more.

— Lil Nas X

People come in because they like 'Old Town Road.' They'll find out that I'm just not going to stick to that.

— Lil Nas X

I had it just Lil Nas at first because every rapper has a 'lil' in front of his name, and that's funny…

— Lil Nas X

I'm like Twitter-famous, but in real life. Instead of your mentions, it's real people coming up to you. People shake your hand…

— Lil Nas X

I started using the Internet heavily right around the time when memes started to become their own form of entertainment. I started…

— Lil Nas X

I told college I was gonna take a semester off, but I knew I was never going back. I felt like the…

— Lil Nas X

'Old Town Road''s the peak of me doing whatever I want to do with music. I was like, 'This one is special,'…

— Lil Nas X

But music was never something I saw myself doing.

— Lil Nas X

But with country trap, I in no way want to take credit for that. I believe Young Thug would be one of…

— Lil Nas X

I'm always going to be experimenting musically, trying new things.

— Lil Nas X

'Old Town Road' came after a period of feeling like I was out of options. I was living with my sister. She…

— Lil Nas X

My actual writing process? I have to just love the beat before I even write on it. I can't force myself to…

— Lil Nas X

I feel like I'm opening the doors for more people. That they feel more comfortable being out. Especially in the hip-hop community.

— Lil Nas X