Justin Scott (Big K.R.I.T.) Quotes
With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love and have that fellowship with God, all those things that you shouldn't be doing will go away.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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Toronto is exploding with cyclists, with more and more people wanting to cycle and being turned off driving because of the incredible congestion. Biking is a much more efficient way of getting around, and you get there faster.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.
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I get a great high from writing.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I think that's why people are doing too many revivals, that's why there's a plethora of rock musicals. There's room for everything, but not room for too much of anything.
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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
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I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
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He who walks may see and understand. You can study all America from one hilltop, if your eyes are open and your mind is willing to reach. But first you must walk to that hill.
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We should not think that we achieve success in preaching through our own devices, but we should rely entirely on God.
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Underneath runs the main current of preoccupation, which is keeping one's nose clean at all times. This means that when things go wrong you have to pass the blame along the line, like pass-the-parcel, till the music stops.
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My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.
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The only way a musician can express feelings is playing.
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With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap.
