DJ Booth Interviews Chamillionaire (Part 1)
On “Swagger” Trend:
“I like the song and everything, but this whole trend of everybody thinkin’ that’s cool, braggin’ over who got the most swag, that’s nonsense right there. That’s some little kid stuff.”
On biggest misconception about him:
“I see people every now and then saying, like, I think I’m perfect or something, ’cause there’s this “good guy” image out there or something like that. I didn’t tell nobody to paint that picture!”
On having to change his life because of success:
“The other day I tried to go to San Antonio [by] van. I’m a person who kinda rolls by myself, I don’t have a lot of people. People see me in the airport, I don’t have a lot of people with me. I have to start changing that, because people start treating me different – they just won’t leave me alone. I’m tryin’ to be normal, but you’re not allowin’ me to! I’m tryin’ to just live in a normal crib, and have my life, but then these people start taking pictures in front of your crib, and knockin’ and runnin’ and all that stuff, and now you’ve gotta get gates in front of your house, ’cause you don’t know who’s who. Now you’ve gotta live in a gated community, now you’ve gotta start hiding from people. You want to pick up your phone for everybody that calls, and you wanna save the world, but then, when you start pickin’ up your phone, every single person is complaining, they need some money, they need this, their mother is sick, and you can’t pick up the phone for everybody.”
You can read/stream/download the whole interview on DJ Booth site.
