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I'm just gonna be honest and if I feel something, I'm just gonna say it! Once I started doing that, my music just got better.
Ultimately, I really like to rap, and seeing what I can do to keep it fresh for myself has lent itself to tailoring over time.
I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.
It's one of my short-term goals, to be able to actually record music and release it simultaneously and not just hold on to it.
If you don't think God's love for the unlovable is amazing, go try to love someone who hates you for a day. See if that helps.
I see people doing things in their Blackberrys, and I need paper. Lines. Alphabets. I need to see it. It's so elementary, man.
I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better straight up.
People always known me for rappin'. So I guess that maybe just hindered me, like "oh well, I mid-as-well go long term with it."
I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.
My aura is psychedelic, flow non-prehistoric metamorphic boric like acid no hat tricks a classic so park that ass like Jurassic
The way you start to break down systemic racism is to start building individual relationships with people who are not like you.
If a song or group hits you at the right time in your life, it's everything. It's bigger than school or family or anything else.
I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.
Some of us don't respect water. We waste it and pour it out. But a lot of disastrous stuff involves water. Tsunamis. Hurricanes.
A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.
I remember a day and time when the streets indicated what was hot online, and now I think it's starting to reverse a little bit.
Everyone wants to be truth tellers today while never thinking we are the ones who need the truth told to us. It's quite amusing.
A lot of people don't know how to navigate: they think, once you become a Christian, you essentially have to become Ned Flanders.
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.
Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.
I like his consistency, because Bernie Sanders talk - it boils down to the American people. His one thing is the American people.
I'm into all types of stuff. I might have on Pumas one day, Givenchy the next. I'd wear this John Elliott sweat suit to the club.
I have a fan base worldwide, man. I think they're really down for me. That's how I got signed - 30,000 fans retweeting Rick Ross.
Charisma, that's my strong point. My personality was always good, but with music I had to grow into it. I grew into who I am now.
Oftentimes I feel like I can, through the music, paint a picture of something that I can't look anywhere and see in my real life.
King Of The Dot is huge; battle rap is huge right now. My first battle that I went to was King Of The Dot - shout out to Lush One.
God is my guide, so I try to not judge myself too much, knowing that at the end of the day, my greatest judge will be Jehovah God.
My mom has obviously had a powerful influence on my life, and her voice can describe certain things that I couldn't see in myself.
I never was a crazy liquor drinker, and I don't like beer that much - though I keep the brews at home because my homies love beer.
Music can feel empowering, or it can give a natural emotional voice to something people can't express. This is why it's beautiful.
I like science and mathematics. When I say mathematics, I don't mean algebra or math in that sense, but the mathematics of things.
The economic crisis really affected my family - 2006 to 2011 were really bad times. Almost everybody in my family lost their jobs.
My music started out as a complete joke, so really all I was doing was going for witty punchlines to make all of my buddies laugh.
I caught the U.S. Open a couple of times, but, man, I would love to catch Wimbledon and watch Nadal - he is the king of all kings.
I think L.A. is L.A. I can go anywhere in the world and I'll just say I'm from L.A. But when I'm there I gotta say I'm from Carson.
After much inner debate, I can safely proclaim that Mungo Jerry's 'In the Summertime' may, in fact, be the best song ever recorded.
I just try to reflect the grittiness in New York. I try to protect the grit and the dirt that comes with it, which is a good thing.
I really think there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And I'm just trying to be on the side of making good music.
I've fallen on my face. I've made mistakes. I've got plenty of records where I listen back, and I think, 'I wouldn't've done that.'
I've directed all my videos throughout my whole career, 'cause that's leeway. I was granted that opportunity to be able to do that.
Music kept me sane. I love music too much. I'm too passionate about music to let anything or anyone come in between me and my love.
I would just encourage everybody to just talk your opinion more, allow other people and fight for other people to [express theirs].
One night I prayed to God, I asked could he please remove my enemies from my life, and before you knew it I started losing friends.
If you say I just yell on records, that means you ain't a real fan of me, and I would never even give your comment the time of day.
I've been harassed by police my whole life and seen people who looked like me treated like animals at the hands of law enforcement.
I put God first, and strive to do my best by being a loving human being, recognizing that sometimes I make mistakes and bad choices.
Run The Jewels, me and Mike, and our connection and everything, came out of a period of time where I had personally lost everything.
When I was trekking across Brooklyn, looking for MC battles - and there were plenty of them - I never dreamed I'd be at this podium.
I played on a 10'x10' chessboard at a hotel in Miami. The pieces were heavy, and I got tired just making a move. Not cool with that.
I never really thought I had an extensive vocabulary like that, and I'm not an avid reader. I didn't read a lot growing up - at all.