Kendrick Lamar Quotes

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  • I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.

    Writing   Firsts   Rhyme  
    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • I sit and talk to kids all day, because I feel like they carry the most wisdom.

    Kids   Feels  
    Source: www.ebony.com
  • Am I the only one who measures time using songs? “Oh it only took me 4 songs to get here! that’s not to long!

    Song   Time   Rapper  
  • So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.

    World   Next   Like You  
    Song: Faith
  • A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. 'To Pimp a Butterfly' is an extension of those albums.

    Couple   Rap   Butterfly  
    "Kendrick Lamar Knows How to Deal with the Grammys Censors". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. February 12, 2016.
  • I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.

    Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.
  • It's easy to forget who you are.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb, It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.

    Rap   Hip Hop   Dumb  
    Song: Sherane A.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter
  • I penetrate the hearts of good kids and criminals

    Heart   Kids   Criminals  
    Song: Poe Mans Dreams, Album: Section 80
  • We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of my life, you know? Trying my best to get around the ills and I bumped my head a few times but I think, you know, music is my savior for right now, for me and my whole group.

    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • A dollar might turn to a million and we all rich that's just how i feel

    Rap   Dollars   Might  
    Song: Money Trees, 2012
  • I can be calm and reflective from time to time and other times I can have a burst of energy, that's just me.

    Energy   Calm   I Can  
    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • I cut off my ears before i hear your advice and vice versa

    Rap   Cutting   Advice  
  • Toronto's one of my favourite places. If I were to move anywhere out of California, it would be Toronto. Definitely.

    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.

  • Tell me how I stay positive When they never see good in me

  • I'm constantly thinking.

    "Kendrick Lamar: Life Is Filled With Music". Interview with Rebecca Haithcoat, larecord.com. January 16, 2013.
  • Every time I write these words they become a taboo, Making sure my punctuation curve, every letter here's true, Living my life in the margin, and that metaphor was proof.

    Rap   Writing   Curves  
  • 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.

    Years   People   Records  
    "Kendrick Lamar: Not Your Average Everyday Rap Savior" by Jessica Hopper, www.spin.com. October 9, 2012.
  • I don't even have kids. But at heart, I'm a kid myself.

    Heart   Kids  
    Source: www.ebony.com
  • You grow up inside these neighborhoods and these communities, and you have friends, friends that you love, friends that you grew up with since elementary. And you have their trust, and you have their loyalty. So it brings influence. So no matter how much of a leader I thought I was, I was always under the influence, period.

  • You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.

    "Kendrick Lamar: the rise of a good kid rapper in a mad city". Interview with Hattie Collins, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2012.
  • I aint a drinker Im a thinker, call it what you want

    Song: Faith
  • I was a black sheep, but now I'm just a goat

    Sheep   Black   Goats  
  • The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.

    Scary   Worst   Adapting  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • That's the ultimate thing I want to do in making music - to be able to inspire somebody else.

    Inspire   Want   Able  
    Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.
  • 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.

    Energy   Fans   Different  
    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • The opposite of love? Vice. Temptation. The negative influences that we have. The bad energy that comes around us and makes us do certain things. To me, it's always been a war between the two.

    War   Opposites   Two  
    Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.
  • The people definitely shape the two, put stamps and classify mainstream and underground music.

    Two   People   Shapes  
    Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
  • Hip-hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.

    Reality   Hip Hop   Hips  
    "Kendrick Lamar To Geraldo Rivera: ‘How Can You Take A Song That’s About Hope And Turn It Into Hatred?’" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 07, 2015.
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    Kendrick Lamar

    • Born: June 17, 1987
    • Occupation: Recording Artist