Big Sean Quotes
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There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky.
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I got this tiger head ring that's similar to a Cartier ring. I had my jeweler Sean from Detroit make it similar to the Cartier ring, but gold and diamonded-out. That's my Detroit tiger. It's made with two different golds - the bottom is yellow and the top is gold.
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I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first single, 'My Last,' which I feel like is more pop than anything - I was originally singing the chorus on there. I'm used to that. I've always had fresh melodies.
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I feel like I'm able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.
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I feel like I changed hip-hop.
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People don't realize I'm a very spiritual person.
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I feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person.
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I grew up on the west side of Detroit - 6 mile and Wyoming - so I was really in the 'hood. And I would go to school at Detroit Waldorf, and that was not the 'hood. Growing up in Detroit was good. I had a good perspective, a well-rounded one, and not being one-sided.
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Kids that I went to school with didn't know how to interact with black people like that. There were only, like, three or four black kids in the class.
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It's a real player move to take a girl wine-tasting on a date - she'll like that.
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I want to change the world. I want to be a part of culture. I want to help teach.
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Definitely just growing up in general influenced me; Detroit happened to be where I was. I feel like the city definitely has made an impact on my life and made me who I am. Detroit has an unmistakable soul - nobody can duplicate the soul we bring to the game. From Motown to J Dilla to Eminem to anything.
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My music is the essence of Detroit. At one time, we were the center of the world, man - Motor City.
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I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.
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I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.
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I'm a sneakerhead. I probably have a couple hundred pair of shoes. I got all sorts of shoes.
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My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.
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I was a telemarketer in my senior year at high school. I had to sell prosthetic limbs to paralysed veterans. I was making 150 bucks a week and it was horrible.
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I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.
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I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold.
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Kanye didn't sign me to hold my hand and walk me through my career. He signed me because he believed in me as an artist and gave me a co-sign. I didn't see that at first. I saw it as him about to hold my hand, and I'm about to be the biggest artist because he's the biggest artist, you know?
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I feel I can really relate to a lot of young people.
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With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style.
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I just knew what I wanted to be since the third grade. And I always did well in school. I was the type to get good grades; I never really got below Cs or nothing like that. I always kept it A-B. But there's no school for rap.