“Maybe cause I'm a dreamer and sleep is the cousin of death”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Death
“I cut off my ears before I hear your advice and vice versa”— Kendrick Lamar, youtube.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Advice
“Stand for something, or fall for anything”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Self Worth
“I'd like to start it out from the bottom and build with ya Be on my last dollar and split the bill with ya”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Self Worth, Friendship
“Some people use drugs, or violence, or whatever your vice may be, and you have creative people that may use music or maybe use style in expressing themselves—whether they are angry or happy, or sad.”— Kendrick Lamar, thecoveteur.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Fashion, expression
“This album did what I wanted it to do...That’s not necessarily to sell tons of records — though it didn’t do bad at that either — but to actually have an impact on the people and on the culture of music.”— Kendrick Lamar, nytimes.comTagged: Music, Creation, Hip Hop, Culture
“Music moves with the times. It’s not something we have to consciously do. This is what’s happening in the world — not only to me but to my community. Whenever I make music, it reflects where I’m at mentally. And this is where we’re at. When you look at other artists doing the same thing, it’s of the…”— Kendrick Lamar, nytimes.comTagged: Music, Creation, Hip Hop, Culture, Community
“Hip-hop is not the problem. Our reality is the problem of the situation. This is our music. This is us expressing ourselves.”— Kendrick Lamar, tmz.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, youth culture, expression
“Can't let the government tell me how my future looking”— Kendrick Lamar, itunes.apple.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Government, Politics
“I been a warrior when I came out my mom's placenta”— Kendrick Lamar, itunes.apple.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop
“Life to me is currency, prosperity I got it”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Dj Khaled, Money, Respect
“When I'm in the studio I'm looking for a feeling I haven't felt. It's a high.”— Kendrick Lamar, complex.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Interview, studio, creating
“So what I realized was, my greatest fulfillment of accomplishment was having somebody that I looked up to for so many years and knowing that I put in that same dedication and work and them saying, ‘Thank you.’ And them being able to recite them lyrics.”— Kendrick Lamar, xxlmag.com
“Artists just get paranoid in any situation and circumstance. I’m always paranoid. I’m already a person who thinks a lot; sometimes I may overthink things or think too much. So when you’re put into a space where you feel like you can’t necessarily trust your close ones, that can do some whole other c…”— Kendrick Lamar, xxlmag.comTagged: Music, Interview, Hip Hop
“This is truly a blessing from a higher power, and as long as I understand that, there's really no limitations to what I can do.”— Kendrick Lamar, complex.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Interview, inspiration
“Somethin's in the water And if I gotta brown nose for some gold Then I'd rather be a bum than a motherfuckin' baller”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Self Worth
“I remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Uncertainty
“All I have in life is my new appetite for failure And I got hunger pain that grow insane”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, Failure, inspiration
“Martin had a dream Martin had a dream Kendrick have a dream”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Music, Hip Hop, martin luther king, Dreaming, i had a dream
“Okay, now open your mind up and listen to me, Kendrick. I'm your conscience, if you do not hear me then you will be history, Kendrick.”— Kendrick Lamar, open.spotify.comTagged: Drinking, Alcohol, Alcohol Addiction Quotes