Kendrick Lamar Quotes

“From what I remember, I remember always being a big fan of Kardinal Offishall. He just had that different flow and different flavor. He put himself on the record and that's the type of energy that we love.”

“I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa”

“[Drizzy] reached out to me through Chase N Cashe, they're brothers, they're one. Chase N Cashe made the connection, played some of my music and he [Drake] got up on it, got interested in the music and just reached out and said "You know what, let's work."”

“You can't change where you from. You can't take a person out of their zone and expect them to be somebody else now that they in the record industry. It's gonna take years. Years of travelling. Years of meeting people. Years of seeing the world.”

“I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.”

“The moment I made that decision to get in the studio and actually work and study the culture of hip-hop, then everything just started to open up and blossom for me.”

“Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.”

“Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.”

“Just let me be me, That's the only way I know.”

“Before finding music, I didn't have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had to do.”

“It's a long time coming as far as the work that I put in. Now I know that I got the stamp but what counts is what comes behind. That's what's really important. Upholding that stamp and not only keeping the energy my way but also spreading that energy out to other artists that are coming up on the West Coast.”

“Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.”

“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.”

“I like to let things breathe.”

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

“If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?”

“When I look at comedy, it's all self-expression. I apply that same method to my music. I came up listening to N.W.A and Snoop. Like them, it's in me to express how I feel. You might like it or you might not, but I take that stand.”

“Me, as a person, I grow. I'm like a chameleon. You know? That is a gift and a curse for me. But more so a gift, because it never puts me in a box.”

“You can't have people listen to you unless you come to their world and then bring them to yours.”

“The times that we are in, it's something that you can only feel in the air. You don't even have to talk about it. You don't need the news or the Internet to watch it. You can walk outside and just feel it.”

“Don't you know your imperfections is a wonderful blessing, from heaven is where you got it from”

“I don't want to be something that just comes and goes.”

“What separated me from all my homeboys is the fact that I didn't get caught inside the reality. I was always dreaming about doing something else or going somewhere else.”

“At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.”

“I used to consider the listener. But now I'm in a space where, if I'm not inspired, I can't really do the music. I can't feel it.”