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I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.
I just love Steven Seagal for his pure - his perspective on what being a hero is: just a purely evil, cruel perspective.
I try to do stuff that I'm more passionate about, more than just like being all over the place doing different sneakers.
When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids.
It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.
Some MCs don't take the time to take a beat home or just vibe with it and just figure out, 'How do I attack this track?'
I've always been outspoken. I've always been honest. I've always said things that maybe other people were afraid to say.
I don't think we could have given a more honest version of ourselves to the world than we did for ["This Is Mike Stud"].
I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.
When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn't understand the concept of people talking over music.
I don't want to know I'm getting older. Then I'll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don't want that.
No matter what walk of life you're from, you can appreciate the music - songs [can] resonate in your soul and your heart.
My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me.
I find myself trying to explain more, and explain the perspective of my mentality, or the mentality I'm trying to convey.
I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R, by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.
I'm from a middle class family. I didn't grow-up rich, but I didn't grow-up poor. Each guy has to stick to his own story.
I just thought I could broaden my impact and my reach by starting a non-profit and putting investment into our community.
I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.
If someone announces me as a 'Christian rapper,' there's still an 'Eh, no thanks.' But perceptions are starting to change.
From an early age, music was my only thing. You come from Detroit, you learn how to make the most of what you can do best.
I'm a pretty intense person. And I don't know if intense is fun. I put myself through the wringer. That's just how I work.
I could write about a pencil if I wanted to. You just take it back deep enough, all the way back to the tree it came from.
We shoppers, you bloggers. If money talks, you mumblers. You try it on, then take it off, Then post a pic on your tumblrs.
I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that 'cause that's, like, the next step for me.
Chris Brown owns 14 of my belts. Swizz Beatz owns a zillion of my belts. They were supporting me before I was even anybody.
Bernie Sanders is the only politician who, consistently for 50 years, has taken that social justice platform into politics.
I don't think I'm a collector. I think every kid from where I'm from had a terrible passion for having to have fresh kicks.
When I start a song, it's the first thought. It's the first thought and the first cadence, because that's the most natural.
When a boy writes off the world it's done with sloppy misspelled words If a girl writes off the world it's done in cursive.
Honestly, I don't feel pressure to live up to anything I've done because I tend to not listen to my work once a year passes.
Finding something new that I know I've never done before is the best feeling I know, and when I get there it's all worth it.
Two Things that Define SUCCESS In LIFE: - The Way You Manage when You Have Nothing & Way You Behave when You Have Everything
Jeremy Scott reminds me of Harmony Korine, mixing all worlds and making them into one - you just never know what he's up to.
I been blessed with an opportunity, I'm extremely appreciative of it, but if I'm not enjoying it then I messed up, real bad.
Being stupid and compassionate are not conflicts. Being mean and being funny and having something to say are not a conflict.
Nas is one of the Greatest Ever. Never has and never will need a ghostwriter. That man’s pen and legacy is without question.
I came up in battling and just wanting to compete. Even if you had no real problem with someone, you just wanted to compete.
My relationship with my first child was nonexistent. I was broke and I was a new rapper whose career was spiraling downward.
I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority
My grandmother taught me, you believe in a politician, you get out there and work for them. So, that`s what I`ve been doing.
I might have 'couch syndrome.' I'm always sleeping on the couch at home, even when I have a comfortable bed. I'm used to it.
If u desire to grow in your relationship w God - don't do it alone. Find a community of people heading in the same direction.
Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.
Be a father, if not, why bother, son? A boy can make 'em, but a man can raise one. If you did it, admit it and stick with it.
I think the comfort of sneakers is really coming back. Everybody wants a cool pair of shoes, but they want to be comfortable.
In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story.
When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did.
Certain majors [lables] just know what they're doin', and got a good grip on the dynamic of what's happening, and some don't.
To fall in love with someone who does not love you back, is the cruelest, most unforgiving heartache I have ever experienced.
New York is the financial capital of the world. Everything moves so fast, and the music is fast, and some of it is for money.