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7898 Musician Quotes

This is the rock 'n' roll life, and you had to invent it as you went along. There was no textbook to say how you operate this machinery.

Along Had How Invent
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When you're supported by millions all over the world, you can either go nuts, or try to feed off the goodwill.

Either Feed Go Goodwill
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You know, the BBC had not been particularly generous in its deliverance of blues and esoteric kinds of music.

BBC Been Blues Deliverance
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Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.

Alone Another Blues Digital
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I've never tried to achieve anything. I achieved everything I wanted to achieve by being in the Rolling Stones and making records.

Achieve Achieved Anything Being
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Songwriting's a weird game. I never intended to become one - I fell into this by mistake, and I can't get out of it. It fascinates me. I like to point out the rawer points of life.

Become Fascinates Fell Game
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About myself I have no great illusions. I know what I am. I know what I'm good at. I know what I ain't. I'm always hoping to surprise myself. But I do have a love of music and I do love to communicate it, and that's the best I can do, really. And I can raise a good family, too.

About Always Am Best
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The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

Adapting Me Part Scary
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I'm putting out this free music, constantly putting it out.

Constantly Free Music Out
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I can't help the way you was born if you was gay.
Born Gay Help Way
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I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

Believe Make Music People
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I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.

Always Beginning Certain Even
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The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you're making a mistake but let you go on with it, that's when it ruins your mind state as an artist.

Always Around Artist Because
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It's easy to forget who you are.
Easy Forget Who You
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I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

Vote Don't I Voting
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Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.
Big Canvas Great Life
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To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

Journey Take Travel Yourself
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I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

Born Way Fool Took
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I'm just an entertainer. All I want to be is funny. I never aspired to play Hamlet.

Hamlet Play Aspired Funny
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I believe deeply that children are more powerful than oil, more beautiful than rivers, more precious than any other natural resource a country can have.

Country Natural Precious Rivers
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Who needs the protection of the Bill of Rights most? The weak, the most vulnerable in society.

Bill Most Needs Protection
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There is a danger in democracy itself.

Danger Democracy Itself
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I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

Come Had Majority Negative
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You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.

Artists Hear Showing Vulnerability
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People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

Act Culture Justifies Kids
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I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.
Blessed Both Gift Having
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I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I Think Myself Think Vice
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I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

Doing Everybody Learned Look
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If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

Gonna Name Real Real Story
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I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.

Back Feeling Game Organic
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As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
Ears Grab How I Can
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It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

Deserve Experience Finally Get
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I like to let things breathe.

Breathe Attitude Like Things
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I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.

Always Anywhere Move People
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Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.
Across Eventually Get Like
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Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.

Across Because Break Clash
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I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

Both Coast Hand Juggle
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I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

Able About Actually Always
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My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

Always Big Big Family Come
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When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.

Artists Caught Divert Down
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From the moment I started writing raps, I was always aware of the pressure. I always wanted to live up to how huge Snoop got, how huge Dre got, how huge Pac got. I was always aware.

Always Aware Dre Got
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My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

Always Behind Brothers Had
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God to me is love.
God Love Me
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My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Better Call Forever Hip
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My moms always told me, 'How long you gonna play the victim?' I can say I'm mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

Always Change Changes Everything
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As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.
Get Kid Question Still
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In all my days of schooling, from preschool all the way up to 12th grade, there was not one white person in my class. Literally zero.

Class Days Grade Literally
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My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.

Around Body Bringing Constructing
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I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.

Alone Been Definitely Like
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We're in the last days, man - I truly, in my heart, believe that. It's written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it's about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.

About Around Being Believe
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