Hoodie Allen Quotes

I'm treating every day as a special one and trying to live in the moment.

Treat every person you interact with, with the same sort of attention and respect which you hope they will give to you.

Its important to follow your dreams whatever that may be.

There're always some notorious people in the crew who are doing crazy things, but I try to keep it a little more low-key. My crazy thing is always just the show and putting all my energy into it.

My eclectic taste allows me to do something unique and not box myself in.

Money isnt what drives me, getting fans who truly understand what I'm about and want to see me live is where my head is at.

Rap is my most used medium but I don't think I approach music like a rapper would.

I love having fans of all ages but it's especially cool for me to have young fans. I hope to be a role model for kids who want to follow their dreams.

My fans are the only people who will be with me forever, all else comes and goes.

I never want a fan to come and hear what they hear on their iPod, its about creating a unqiue and awesome experience.

I'll say this: Google is the best 9-5 anyone could ever get. Awesome environment, I loved my time there, but I grew up with my dream to pursue music full time.

It's easy to choose doing what you love when there are people out there supporting you.

I try not to listen to a lot of music when I'm starting the recording process, because it can be so subtly influential.

I am really obsessed with finding melodies that just hypnotize you and sink you into a song.

I've kind of shut myself off to a lot of new music because I don't want to be influenced by it.

People don't realize that there's no label and everything is self-financed and we make do and do our own thing. I was just happy to do my first video, I thought it was a fun experience.

I guess this is cliche, but I'd love to work with Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Diplo.

Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am.

I'm only concerned with making music that I love and that my fans will respond to. I am happy to see other really good young artists able to flourish and pursue their careers.

I'm a Jewish kid who grew up loving hip hop in NY.

I am a musician, a songwriter, music fan. I live in New York City and I love my job.

I think my music is born out of the music that I personally like to listen to. I love amazing singer-songwriters and diverse artists but it's important to know your strengths.

Bloggers are people too you rappers!

I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through my friends and fell in love with it.

The blogosphere gives me my life, I am fortunate to have developed relationships with great websites who allow me to reach a whole ton of new people everyday.

My biggest regret is probably that it took me so long to find out what I want to do.

I am very lucky to have people who care about me and care about my music. I think it would be irresponsible to not show them as much love back as they show me.

It's unfair of me to tell anyone what to think. I make myself for myself to get out my own desire to create and make sense of things in life. Hopefully, it does the same for others.