Kendrick Lamar Quotes
Top 82 wise famous quotes and sayings by Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Kendrick Lamar on Wise Famous Quotes.
I always felt like there was a certain standard of music that I had to do from the beginning, even when I didn't have the recognition that I have now.
Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me.
I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.
Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.
So next time you feel like your world is about to end, I hope you studied because He's testing your faith again.
We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise,
Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.
Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.
You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind of gives a crazy offset.
Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean I write poems in these songs.
My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.
Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.
It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb,
It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.
It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from.
I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.
Everybody looking at you crazy,
What you gon' do?
Lift up your head and keep moving,
Or let the paranoia haunt you?
What you gon' do?
Lift up your head and keep moving,
Or let the paranoia haunt you?
My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.
Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture.
I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.
I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.
It's that find some inspiration, it's that crack the installation, it's that quantum jump and that fist pump and that bomb detonation...
Am I the only one who measures time using songs? Oh it only took me 4 songs to get here! that's not to long!
How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home?
Look inside my soul and you can find gold and maybe get rich.
Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists ...
Look inside of your soul and you can find out it never exists ...
I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.
I live this life at a pace that anyone can go.
Know your place, and dedicate your role
... To the faith that you'll die alone
Know your place, and dedicate your role
... To the faith that you'll die alone
A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. To Pimp a Butterfly is an extension of those albums.