#LilNasXQuotes

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Take my horse to the old town road and ride till I can't anymore' basically means just running away, and everything is just gone. The horse is metaphorical for not having anything or just the little things that you do have, and it's with you.

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When I first started, I wasn't trying to go viral. I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy.

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For one, the 'countries' are pretty much in my blood. I'm from Georgia, down south. That voice just lives in me.

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But with the country trap, I in no way want to take credit for that. I believe Young Thug would be one of the biggest pioneers in that.

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I was just trying to fit into a certain spectrum. Just like basic rap.

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I want to build to that mogul, legendary level.

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I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

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I'm from Atlanta, but I don't really consider myself an 'Atlanta rapper.'

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The thing is that when I'm making music, I'm not really chasing that sound - the Atlanta sound that we hear a lot.

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I'm always going to be experimenting musically, trying new things.

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Growing up, I always liked so many different sounds from so many different genres - the different aspects they could bring.

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In my music, I'm never going to force anything to try to recreate a moment or something.

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When I first started to do music, I was kind of doing what I thought people would want me to do.

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I run a meme type of account on Twitter; I know what my audience is looking for.

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I had it just Lil Nas at first because every rapper has a 'lil' in front of his name, and that's funny to me. But then I got stuck with it because I already built a fan base at that point.

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I'm a fan of all genres of music. I have a few country songs I like. I'm not gonna say I'm a huge country fan, but, you know, I listen around.

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