50 Best Lil Nas X Quotes and Sayings To Lift Your Spirit

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Updated: October 31st, 2022

Montero Lamar Hill familiar by his stage name, Lil Nas X, is an American rapper and singer best known for his hit song Old Town Road.

Lil Nas X is one of the most talked about musicians in 2019. His song Old Town Road has reached 1 billion views after only being out since January 1, 2019. Song's reach was massive, being streamed and shared over 500 million times.

With 18 million plus YouTube subscribers and more than 12 million Instagram followers, the singer has a sizable fan base among youngsters all over the world.

He is undoubtedly a rising star in the entertainment industry. He recently made history as the first solo rapper to break into the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his song Old Town Road.

We've put together an incredible collection of the best Lil Nas X quotes to read.

Here they are:

50 Best Lil Nas X Quotes and Sayings To Lift Your Spirit

Inspiring Lil Nas X Quotes On Life

There’s much more to life than dyin’ over your past mistakes and people who threw dirt on your name. - Lil Nas X

I wanna run away, don’t wanna lie. I don’t want life to send me a gun and I’ll see the sun. I’d rather run away. - Lil Nas X

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

I feel like I’m opening the doors for more people. That they feel more comfortable being out, especially in the hip-hop community. - Lil Nas X

I believe whenever you’re trying something new, it’s always going to get some kind of bad reception. - Lil Nas X

I wanted to stay independent because I figured there was no way I was going to be able to have control to create the type of music I want. I was basically ignoring a lot of labels. - Lil Nas X

You step away from the public eye for too long, and they don’t care anymore. - Lil Nas X

And this one’s for the champions ain’t lost since I began, funny how you said it was the end then I went and did it again. - Lil Nas X

It hit me that I was famous last night when someone started recording me while I was tryna steal grapes from the public. - Lil Nas X

In my music, I’m never going to force anything to try to recreate a moment or something. - Lil Nas X

Just because you like one song from an artist, that doesn’t make you a fan. - Lil Nas X

The only way to win is to keep winning. It is the only option. People want to see you win, but not too many times. - Lil Nas X

At the end of the day, you are the main person that has to depend on you before anybody else. You have to love and nourish yourself. - Lil Nas X

Stuck in this world where it’s so much to prove. Every win gives you more room to lose. - Lil Nas X

Ain’t the next big thing, you the next thing to go. - Lil Nas X

No more red light for me baby, only green, I gotta go. - Lil Nas X

I try to never throw stones, but if somebody throws one at me, I’m throwing an entire house. - Lil Nas X

When I started to make music I wasn’t as serious at first. - Lil Nas X

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

I’m always going to be experimenting musically, trying new things. - Lil Nas X

But music was never something I saw myself doing. - Lil Nas X

I was just trying to fit into a certain spectrum. Just like basic rap. - Lil Nas X

I was always making memes, and now I have music. - Lil Nas X

My actual writing process? I have to just love the beat before I even write on it. I can’t force myself to write to a beat that I’m not immediately loving. - Lil Nas X

I want to build to that mogul, legendary level. - Lil Nas X

I have my name, and I have a growing fan base, so I’m gonna do whatever I want. - Lil Nas X

Famous Lil Nas X Quotes On Music

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. - Lil Nas X

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

I started using the internet heavily right around the time when memes started to become their own form of entertainment. I started to get into every side of the Internet around 13-ish. - Lil Nas X

I am a troll first and a musician second, priorities. - Lil Nas X

In 2017, I enjoyed my time on the Internet more than doing things in real life. - Lil Nas X

I told the college I was gonna take a semester off, but I knew I was never going back. I felt like the walls were closing in on me. - Lil Nas X

When I was 10 watching Billy Ray sing I want my mullet back by Hannah Montana, I was like, ‘Wow I have to make a song about horses with this man.’ - Lil Nas X

For one, the ‘countryness’ is pretty much in my blood. I’m from Georgia, down South—that voice just lives in me. - Lil Nas X

Now that I’m rich, I don’t think this capitalism thing is that bad you guys. - Lil Nas X

I’m like Twitter-famous but in real life. Instead of your mentions, it’s real people coming up to you. People shake your hand instead of liking your tweets. - Lil Nas X

I was pretty familiar with TikTok, I always thought its videos would be ironically hilarious. When I became a trending topic there, it was a crazy moment for me. A lot of people will try to downplay it, but I saw it as something bigger. - Lil Nas X

TikTok helped me change my life, TikTok brought my song to several different audiences at once. - Lil Nas X

Twitter can make a lot of things happen if you get enough retweets. - Lil Nas X

I was doing Facebook comedy videos then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter. That is where I really was a master, that was the first place where I could go viral. - Lil Nas X

I run a meme type of account on Twitter, and I know what my audience is looking for. - Lil Nas X

I a hundred percent want to represent the LGBT community. I don’t want to encourage them to do something they don’t want to do. Especially in like middle school or high school because it’s just super hard. - Lil Nas X

I’m not, like—what’s the world when you believe in a lot of magic? Superstitious. - Lil Nas X

My flow is so cold, you notice it. My dreams unfold, behold the shit. Had my life rearranged, it’s strange as shit. Not the same as before, I changed a bit. - Lil Nas X

Why don’t we just put all the ocean water in a cup, clean out the bottom then pour it back? - Lil Nas X

Wow, the language they speak in the UK sounds almost exactly like English. - Lil Nas X

I’m on the toilet right now, but I want to say thank you to every single person who has made this moment possible for me. We just broke the record for the longest-running number-one song of all time. - Lil Nas X

When I said ‘I got the horses in the back it was in reference to reversing the ongoing climate change, water pollution, and catastrophic political climate we are witnessing in these trying times. - Lil Nas X

Ain’t been out in a while anyway, was hoping I could catch you throwin’ smiles in my face. - Lil Nas X

It’s hard for you when you’re fightin’ and nobody knows it when you’re silent. - Lil Nas X

Started focusin’ on all these wishes. Crazy how this sh*t come to fruition from. - Lil Nas X

This is my first time at a club, wow the water here is amazing. - Lil Nas X

In Paris, everybody here has two legs just like in America. - Lil Nas X

I know some people think Imma pop out at Coachella but I have to wash the dishes this weekend or dad’s gonna be mad. - Lil Nas X

Just saw my new apartment, the bathtub is huge! I can’t wait to cry in it. - Lil Nas X

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