"While you have people who are actually..." - Quote by Kendrick Lamar

“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.”

“I think my vice would be outdoing myself.”

“There are so many people pulling at me at one time - some want the business, some want my love, some just want my support, just to be there or to acknowledge them the same way I used to. To be able to figure that out is an ongoing process, because there's always another show, another album, another moment that I don't want to miss. But I'm pacing myself. I hope the powers that be keep me on a straight course.”

“Great communication begins with connection.”

“If you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold.”

“Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.”

“The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.”

“The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.”

“A man should be what he seems.”