42 Quotes by Ryan Lewis

I graduated in 2009, which - if you think back to where the economy was at that time - was an interesting time to graduate.

I was always the type of drug user that I had no moderation. When I was smoking and drinking, I was full on smoking and drinking. And I am also the type of drug user where I do smoke and drink, there's no creativity in terms of my writing process. I would just stare at the paper for hours and nothing would get done.

The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone.

There’s an open door now more than ever to be making any type of beats that you want.

Hip-hop music was something I grew up with, it was something that I loved since I was a little kid, and it’s something that I chose to partake in an early age.

I graduated in 2009, which – if you think back to where the economy was at that time – was an interesting time to graduate.

Any time we have the opportunity to play in a more intimate room, there's such a huge aspect of our set just built for that. And beyond that, we just love being that close to our fans.

I'm the only person in my entire extended family that plays an instrument or sings, really. Which is kind of weird. I don't know where I got it from.

I bring up 'The Heist,' and you can almost cut that record down the middle between songs where the beat came first and the words came second, and songs where the words came first and the beat came second. It can start with a vibe, a beat that drives a story, or it can start with a story and then trying to identify the tone to tell that story right.