Kendrick Lamar Quotes
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Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.
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The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary.
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As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.
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My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.
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It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.
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Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.
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I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.
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When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.
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The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you're making a mistake but let you go on with it, that's when it ruins your mind state as an artist.
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I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.
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I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.
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I like to let things breathe.
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When I ask OGs why there's so much division in the streets, nobody never really knows. But you know one thing that everybody always mention? A woman.
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People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it.
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Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
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People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.
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I always tell people that if I move anywhere it would be Toronto.
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I'm sticking to the script, I'm putting that organic feeling back in the game.
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Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.
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Temptation is just the feeling that you're the most independent person on planet Earth. That you know everything. That's something that we all go through as a kid. Now, this lifestyle that I'm in, the same thing exists! But it's 10 times worse, because everything is at my disposal. When you're in the limelight, you can get anything you want.
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I don't vote. I don't do no voting.
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It's easy to forget who you are.
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When everybody looks at our generation of kids, they always call us the misfits - you know, like we just don't give a damn.
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I can't help the way you was born if you was gay.