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I'm not a gangster, bro.
I like women. I love women.
I'm not a gay rights activist.
You've got to exfoliate, you know?
I don't even like New York rappers.
I wanted to model when I was younger.
I was thinking about naming my child Kanye.
I don't cook, 'cause I don't know how to cook.
Design my own line? No, I just like the culture.
Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least.
Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!
God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart.
I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!
The worst thing a good girl could do to you is break your heart.
My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.
Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.
When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill.
I've got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes.
There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful.
New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'
It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.
I'm a people's person, believe it or not. I just have a dark side to me, which we all do.
A lot of energy and excitement - that's what a lot of my shows are, energy and excitement.
I'm starting to find out that a lot of people that you wouldn't think listen to me really do.
I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.
I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.
Man gave us laws, and God gave us time, It's the art of storytelling and I'm only telling mine.
If a chick wants to know who makes my shoes, she's got to take them off my feet and look inside.
I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.
I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.
People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.
I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.
I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers.
I wouldn't mind collaborating with anybody, but I don't want to design anything, I'm not a fashion designer.
Probably, violent things I've done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I've ever done.
It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.
I dress how I feel. I just go off emotion. I can't prepare my outfit a day before. Everything I wear is spontaneous.
The thing with me is if I feel disrespected I won't hesitate to fight. But it takes a lot to make me feel disrespected.
With clothes, I like mixing what different designers do until it becomes a personal expression of how I'm feeling that day.
I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about.
I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.
Who people like is their own business. It don't concern me. I know what I do - and I'm having a lot of fun with the women that I'm with.
In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There's no borders, no barriers.
I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets.
I thought highly of myself growing up. I still do. There's not really much somebody can say to me to bring down my confidence or anything.
I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.
Why can't I be friends with somebody who's gay? Why not? You can miss out on a lot by being so small-minded and stereotypical about people. It's stupid.
You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.
All of the young people - the artsy people, people who get overlooked because they're weird or they don't have hype around them - need to get some shine.
I chose to deal with the underdogs on '1 Train.' I could've got the biggest superstars in the rap game, but why do that when you can let the young boys shine?