Chamillionaire Quotes

I never do anything to strictly satisfy a fickle, ever-changing commercial world. I do the music I like to play. It's the only way I feel comfortable existing in the industry.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

I'd love more production houses to encourage artists to create what they want and not just churn things out.

It doesn't matter even if I am slow or fast as long as my films are honest and carries my integrity.

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom.

I've never been one to sit back and go, 'I'd better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don't want to lose them.'

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

I'm always looking for a reason to say no when I'm approached about a big studio tentpole because your fear is will you be consumed into the anonymous machine, and it will suck out any specificity and point of view that you might hope to express.

I have to be able to be the artist that I am.

I've never put out a song that I wasn't completely proud of and that I didn't love. In that sense, I've never felt like I sold out in any way.

I suppose we'll make money off our album and our singles and stuff, but, like, they were made as we wanted them, exactly with what we had to say, and done exactly how we wanted them, right? And, like, we didn't put them out to make money. We put them out because we wanted to do them, do you know what I mean?

Everything's so commercialised it shuts down the underground.

Over the years I have always said what I wanted to say through my films. I have ensured that I will not allow anyone to question what I tell through my films.

As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.

I just write what I write, produce the music I produce and try to give myself a chance to stay true to the art form. If you try to rein in an art form, it can be hurtful to what you are making.

I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.

I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.

Solo, you don't have compromise. It gets back to what's great when you're a musician.

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not an entertainer.

If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so I don't try and please everyone or appease anyone. In the end, it's for me.

Young people have realised that an artist is in charge of what they're doing - this crazy cynicism that artists were puppets has disappeared.

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.