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Reality is I'm sick all the time.
Nothing is held back on 'Testimony.'
I'm not a rapper. I stay in my lane.
I've had fans break into my hotel rooms.
I want to make music to lift the people.
My music is a gift from God that saved my life.
Pride definitely causes a lack of communication.
I'm always actively working on being a better me.
Product 1' was really my introduction into the game.
Nothing scares me. Nothing actually shocks me anymore.
That's what media do. They make you out to be a monster.
I'm a human being and I'm a man, so don't disrespect me.
I don't always do what I should but I do what I gotta do.
Of all my childhood memories, I don't have any good ones.
We live in a crazy world. You don't know what's going to happen.
Contrary to what some people may believe, I'm not a troublemaker.
All I have is my truth, and all I have is my truth to stand on it.
Take good care of yourself. Your life can be gone in a split second.
Pride is a big thing that gets in the way of a lot of relationships.
I feel older than I really am. It's because of the cards I was dealt.
Sometimes, you don't realize what you have until you wake up and go 'Damn.'
I could never say that I regret being given the gift of experience and love.
I have a liver disease where my autoimmune system is fighting against itself.
People will throw stones and hide their hands and then get back and play victim.
I'm pretty expressive. And when I love something or love someone, I express that.
Just one night at a show in New York, I literally passed out and fell off the stage.
We all battling different things. Me? I'm just able to channel that through my music.
What's perplexing to me is that I never think it's anybody's business to know my business.
Who influenced me the most? I'd have to say Lauryn Hill, I think she influenced me the most.
Some days I'm up, some days I'm down. But I think one thing that does get you moving is hope.
I'm from downtown New Orleans. Downtown consists of the 7th ward, the 8th ward, the 9th ward.
I never want to be the one causing a ruckus. I never want to be problematic in any kind of way.
Having life taken away from you for a little while forces you to be more open-minded and to go live.
I'm a man of many emotions, so I'm a human being, and I think that's what people tend to forget sometimes.
I came into the game showing you that I'm no angel. I'm not perfect and this is why I tell people off the top.
My legacy is that I will hustle and grind. No one will stop me from hustling. I'll be where God wants me to be.
Every lesson man, every, every relationship, every experience is a blessing. You learn from it, whether good or bad.
The people that you think are supposed to be there for you and be happy for you - instead they want to tear you down.
As an artist, I struggle with how much of myself to give to the people. How much I want my personal business to be judged.
I'm always so overly transparent that sometimes I'm like, damn, am I saying too much? Should I say this? Should I not say this?
Whoever wants to be caught up in my life, first of all, you should be living yours because I'm damn sure not worried about your life.
When somebody gives their testimony or tells their story, the next person can be motivated or inspired by it. That's all I'm trying to do.
Hope - I wanted to give to that to the people. When you do that, you have to be willing to be unpopular. It's not the formula for radio songs.
I feel like I don't fit in. There's not a lot of outlets for urban music, for black artists who don't have that crossover thing going early on.
I think more than anything, my health issues were the biggest eye-opener for me. I'm doing better with taking care of myself, but I don't do my best.
My mom used to work two jobs to take care of me, my brothers, and my sisters. She worked hard to take care of us. Back in the day my mom was actually a dental assistant.
I know how people see me. People see me as a rebel. People see me as maybe even ignorant. People see me as a threat or rude or whatever. It's a lot of people who just don't know me.
People think that money and fame fixes and changes so much. Money does give you assistance and resources in this life. But you think that life will become easier, and that's not necessarily true.
I always had a love for music, but I was watching 'Sister Act 2' with Lauryn Hill, and I heard her sing, and I was just like, 'Man, I want to do that.' The whole movie overall was an inspiration for me.
It always baffles me how people can lift you up so high and make it seem like they love you then you do one thing wrong and it's all of a sudden you the devil and you evil and everything you do from then on isn't right.