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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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People don't realize I'm a very spiritual person.
Big Sean
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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 still got a lot to learn about fashion. I'm somebody who experiments, somebody who's finding their way. I'm young, and I don't really know if there's any guide to style in what's right and what's wrong. I just dress as an extension of how I'm feeling. If I feel crazy, then I'm gonna rock something crazy.
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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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G.O.O.D. Music is just real tastemakers, man. Kanye's a real tastemaker. One thing that I feel is tight about G.O.O.D. is that a lot of people have their own style, and you can see that. My style is different than Pusha's, it's different than Cudi's. But it's also slightly similar 'cause we have some similar tastes.
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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 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.
Big Sean
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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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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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Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.
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I feel like I changed hip-hop.
Big Sean -
With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style.
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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.
Big Sean
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Sometimes eight chains go together really well, depending on the length - how short they are, how small they are.
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I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold.
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I feel I can really relate to a lot of young people.
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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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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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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.
Big Sean
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People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'
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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 want to change the world. I want to be a part of culture. I want to help teach.
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I've definitely stolen a lot of things.
Big Sean