Big Sean Quotes
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There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky.
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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 come from a family of scholars who got their Master's degrees. To my grandma - and to a lot of people - an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.
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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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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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I feel like I changed hip-hop.
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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 feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person.
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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 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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My music is the essence of Detroit. At one time, we were the center of the world, man - Motor City.
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People don't realize I'm a very spiritual person.
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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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I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.
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I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold.
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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'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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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 just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.
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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 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've definitely stolen a lot of things.