I was a smart kid. I went to private school in middle school and got kicked out.

You can't buy being a rock star.

'Days Before Rodeo' is just the journey of me finding out who I am.

A nerd can call another nerd a nerd.

There are people who take fashion at different levels, but personally, I'm just a kid with it.

I was a smart kid. I went to private school in middle school and got kicked out.

Every time I go into the studio, it's some next level, man.

Kanye is the leading eagle: he's like the president who stands up for kids like us who have ideas.

I feel like Houston is one of the leading things in music culture. Everyone loves the Houston culture. It needs to have its own monument, its own moment for artists like me, artists like Beyonce who set it off.

That's where I get my whole music theory from, my pops and my grandfather.

You've gotta motivate kids. They wanna grow up. They got problems. You've gotta give 'em that music to make 'em feel like they're OK, and it's only a couple of artists that do that.

My whole story is straight mythical. It's tangible, but it's also what life could be.

I skipped 'College Dropout' and 'Late Registration' and went straight to '808s & Heartbreak.'

I want to do what Kid Cudi did for kids for my generation.

One day, Travi$ is going to be moving like The Beatles.

I like how fashion is becoming more like music. It's more adaptive to young kids. It's more adaptive to a more on-the-go lifestyle. More street vibe. But I've always been into it.

With albums like 'Rodeo,' 'Days Before Rodeo' and 'Owl Pharaoh,' I was really tuned into wanting to get people to understand my conscious and who I was mentally and who I am mentally.

I must say, I've been in the studio with Jay Z, dog... I thought the freestyle thing was a myth. But, bro!

Beyonce is, like, the highest level. We all reach for that level.

I'm a big fan of Kid Cudi. He was, like, the only concert I think I went to as a kid. He was on tour with Asher Roth.

I don't know if he remembers, but the first time I ever met Cudi was the first time I met Kanye. I've never told anyone this, but it was the same day. That was the first time I was around G.O.O.D. Music at all. I was sitting like, 'Man, I'm in the presence of 'Ye and Cudi. This is the art level where I want to be.'

I feel like 'Birds in the Trap' seem united; it's just metaphor for ones in their box that are stuck and can't get their creative idea out.

In my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi. I don't care about nothing else! This dude saved my life.

I design music; I don't produce it.

I don't write; I just go in the booth.

I'm big on diversity. My music is very diverse; I don't want it to ever be typecasted.

Me being in Houston, I wanted to leave there because it was only known for one thing. That's why I hit N.Y.; that's why I hit L.A. That's why I hit Paris, London. I just picked up basically everything, but I morphed it into what Travi$ Scott is and into what I know is fresh.

I have black friends, but I don't just hang out with black kids. I might pull up with Indian kids, white kids, black kids, whatever.

I was born in Houston, Texas. I grew up in Houston, by Missouri City. It's, like, a suburb in the area; it's middle-class. But I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six.

I'm always up for collaborating with brands and people who actually design, but doing your own line is a whole other beast. I don't think I could deal with the criticism.

I'm a Bieber fan, man! That kid is ill!