Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.
— T-Pain
The most famous T-Pain quotes that are life-changing and eye-opening
I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.
Keep in mind, you can use Auto-Tune and you can know how to work it perfectly, but you still have to know how to write a good song.
They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.
There's a lot of stuff you've gotta know about Auto-Tune before you can start using it, because it's the hot thing to do.
My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.
Anytime people read my tweets, they hear it in Auto-Tune.
I love vintage cars because you can do so much more to them.
I just keep my cars to myself.
I make sure I sing a cappella to let people know I can sing.
We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
My dad always told me that anyone's voice is just another instrument added to the music.
When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
I'm still a person, a human being, no matter what religion I am.
I'll treat myself every now and then.
Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.
I've got a song on every album, two songs as a matter of fact on every album without Auto-Tune, and that's the song that nobody talks about. It's weird.
People think a Muslim has to have a turban or a big beard. It's stupid.
The way that people show me love on Twitter? I don't know man. It's amazing.
There's not much money in Tallahassee.
Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.
Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
As long as someone wants to hear my music, I don't care if it's a ringtone or the album or whatever.
People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.
I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z.
I don't know if a song is going to be a hit or it's going to flop.
I never know. I just do the music and if people like it, they like it.