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Ari Lennox Quotes
Ari Lennox Quotes
Ari Lennox
American
Musician
Born:
Mar 26
,
1991
Always
Because
Good
Me
People
You
I came across this guy named DJ Grumble and I just really liked his beats because they were different. I felt like they spoke to me.
Ari Lennox
Me
DJ
I Came
Guy
Beats
Spoke
Named
Like
Liked
Because
Felt
Came
Were
His
Just
Different
Really
Across
Grumble
I remember watching `Apollo’ with my other grandma - I have so many grandmas - and seeing these young girls sing... I knew in that moment that I wanted to sing.
Ari Lennox
Remember
Girl
Young
Other
I Remember
Seeing
Knew
Sing
Wanted
Young Girls
Apollo
Grandma
Moment
Many
Watching
I started gravitating towards Soundcloud. So, that was my hustle and then I met my manager Justin in 2012 and we were just grinding it out in New York.
Ari Lennox
Met
Out
Hustle
Towards
New
Were
York
Manager
Just
New York
Justin
Grinding
Then
Started
And I always was getting fired and quitting jobs, so I was not going to ruin Public Storage, and I was excited about Public Storage because I knew eventually I could be one of those property manager people that had their own apartment on site. So I had these big dreams for Public Storage.
Ari Lennox
Dreams
Property
People
Big
Own
Ruin
Those
Jobs
About
Could
Fired
Had
Excited
Knew
Because
Always
Site
Manager
Getting
Going
Storage
Quitting
Public
Apartment
Eventually
I knew I wanted to sing and maybe I had a chance at it, so I just started recording myself maybe five or six times a week and putting them on YouTube as much as I could with hopes that someone would recognize me.
Ari Lennox
Myself
Me
Recording
YouTube
Recognize
Would
Hopes
Someone
Week
Could
Had
Knew
Putting
Sing
Five
Times
Six
Maybe
Just
Wanted
Them
Much
Started
Chance
I’m hoping to bring some raunchy, risky, soulful frankness to the stage, really.
Ari Lennox
Stage
Frankness
Hoping
Some
Risky
Soulful
Really
Bring
But yeah, so many people are just not very genuine online. I caught myself looking for my ex, and a lot of these people that I would swipe right on, I'm meeting them in real life and they're just not that guy at all.
Ari Lennox
Life
Myself
People
Looking
Real Life
Meeting
Would
Guy
Online
Genuine
Caught
Real
Yeah
Lot
Very
So Many People
Just
Them
Many
Swipe
Right
I was scared of planes and then also just got this job. It was $10 an hour. To me, that was way more important than meeting J. Cole.
Ari Lennox
Me
Job
Important
Meeting
Way
Scared
More
Hour
Also
Got
Than
Just
Planes
Then
But yeah, YouTube started for me straight out of high school, so 2009, because everyone was going to college except me.
Ari Lennox
Me
School
College
YouTube
Everyone
Out
High
High School
Except
Because
Yeah
Going
Straight
Started
I'm always going to take an experience and a fire beat and marry it all together with adult melodies. I try to paint, just like Frank Ocean paints with his lyrics. I try in similar ways to paint my life into these songs.
Ari Lennox
Life
Together
Experience
Try
My Life
Fire
Ocean
Lyrics
Frank
Melodies
Ways
Marry
Similar
Beat
Take
Adult
Songs
Like
Always
His
Going
Just
Paint
Paints
I use shea butter, olive oil, Shea Moisture - the coconut hibiscus bottle. A mix of that. If I want to do a slick bun, I’ll use Eco Style Gel even though it has fragrance in it. Oooh, scary. I’ll survive. I keep using it because it works.
Ari Lennox
Style
Fragrance
Slick
Though
Gel
Scary
Bottle
Because
Mix
Survive
Oil
Want
Use
Using
Works
Even
Coconut
Keep
Butter
Olive
Olive Oil
I always imagined having so much energy on stage, versus me being somewhat chill, soulful R&B.
Ari Lennox
Me
Chill
Stage
Energy
Having
Somewhat
Soulful
Always
Versus
So Much Energy
Being
Much
Imagined
The world likes trap and EDM unless it's a fire melody.
Ari Lennox
World
Fire
Unless
Melody
Likes
Trap
I'm so thankful for 'Backseat' because it's doing so much. It's almost at two million listens on Spotify. It's changed my life. It was the song that Dreamville really pushed and they just really made it explode, and I'm just so thankful.
Ari Lennox
Life
Thankful
Song
Made
My Life
Changed
Backseat
Pushed
Almost
Because
Spotify
Doing
Just
Listens
Explode
Much
Really
Million
Two
Grandma Holly told me at three years old that I had a voice of an angel, and I just never stopped singing.
Ari Lennox
Me
Old
Angel
Three
Singing
Voice
Never
Had
Years
Just
Stopped
Holly
Grandma
I just was always singing. I didn't know if it was good or not, but my grandma, she told me that I sounded like an angel.
Ari Lennox
Good
Me
Angel
Singing
Like
Know
She
Always
Just
Grandma
There are a lot of incredible producers out there. But that doesn't mean when you get in the studio that the vibe is right and that it's a fun experience, and you can trust people, and just have a good time.
Ari Lennox
Time
Good
You
Trust
Experience
People
Good Time
Incredible
Out
Studio
Lot
Get
Vibe
Just
Mean
Producers
Fun
Right