Yung Lean Quotes

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

I had a big time punk-rock phase and psychobilly phase. I used to go mad for the Guana Batz.

If it was the '70s, I'd be a punk artist. I was just born into hip-hop.

When I was growing up, it was 'All Eyes On Me' by Tupac and 'Doggy Style' by Snoop Dogg. I've met Snoop and he's the best. They say you shouldn't meet your idol - that definitely doesn't apply to him.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

There's a punk-rock attitude, clearly, to 'Hated.' There's even a punk-rock attitude to 'The Hangover,' I think. We start the movie with a Glenn Danzig song.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

The bands that were big in '77, like the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Talking Heads, I got into them in the early '80s. And it changed my life. It got into my DNA.

Growing up in Orange County, it was all O.C. punk, L.A. punk. Black Flag, all the SST stuff.

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

Travis Scott is definitely a big inspiration. Lil Wayne was a big one. Lil Wayne, 50 Cent. Those were my two, like, big ones growing up. Then I got into Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa phase.

I first got into punk music at 17, The Adverts, just from being a bored teenager.

I'm a fan of hip-hop. I'm a fan of rap, so anything new that's happening, I'm hip to it.

Before I even started listening to rap music, I was really into metal and punk.

Drake has always been a huge inspiration of mine, and same with Lil Wayne.

When I was running the Troubadour, there was this transition from the classic singer/songwriter Jackson Browne types to bands like Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys, and Fear. Those are just some that come to mind. Oh, and Adam Ant! The Fear fans wanted to 'crush' the Ants. These guys hated each other.

I was really into Blink-182 and punk bands like NOFX and MXPX.

Punk was key to the early part of me playing guitar. I was really into melodic punk-rock. I related to punk more than Lynyrd Skynyrd or Yes or Van Halen.

I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

I listened to Lil Wayne a lot when I was kid.

I grew up listening to a lot of emo music, a lot of rock music, a lot of rap music, a lot of trap music, funk, everything.

I used to love the Wu-Tang Clan. They took my school by storm, by which I mean the three kids in my year who listened to hip-hop. I skipped lectures to go and buy their second album, 'Forever', and then rushed home to listen to it.

I love punks!

There was never a time when I wasn't making guitars out of cardboard or dressing up like the Misfits.