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50 Famous Residente Quotes & Sayings

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Residente is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, writer, and filmmaker. He is globally recognized as one of the founding members of the Puerto Rican alternative rap group, ‘Calle 13’. He released five albums with ‘Calle 13’ before beginning his solo career in 2015. Up to now, he is the most awarded Latin artist, successfully earning four Grammy Awards and 27 Latin Grammy Awards to his name.

Residente has also successfully ventured into the film industry. He produced a documentary about his rap group ‘Sin Mapa’ and a documentary about himself  ‘Residente’ along with some of his own music videos.

Here’s a collection of the best Residente quotes:

 

50 Famous Residente Quotes & Sayings

1. “The point of the podcast is to compare and contrast DNA results, and to build on the concepts that bind us, despite racial and cultural markers.” – Residente

2. “I needed to connect with the people in a way that I hadn’t before.” – Residente

3. “To me, swag means having friends like Ruben Blades, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, who like the art I make.” – Residente

4. “I want to work with and interview other public figures, people that are wildly varied and from different walks of life, interested in finding out about their ancestral roots, so we can unpack what all of that means and bring to light not just our racial differences, but really our similarities across cultures.” – Residente

5. “I’m just one person planting a seed. The idea here is for others to take note and follow suit.” – Residente

6. “If another person, another artist, or someone with great means can select a town and go to work with them, it would make all the difference.” – Residente

7. “So I just feel like music’s lost a sense of reality and identity. I wanted to create an album where I tackled certain themes, and follow through on its authenticity by traveling to the countries I have roots in.” – Residente

8. “To speak about Trump — you shouldn’t talk about him, because you give him more power. You should talk about the laws.” – Residente

9. “Artists are supposed to make music because they have a reason for making it. My music always has a purpose. My lyrics, they have a purpose. I don’t make music because I want to sell an album or fill a concert or [for] my music to be on the radio, it’s because I really feel it. If you’re not making music for that reason, then you’re a business person.” – Residente

 

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10. “Each lyric that I write, I do it because it’s something that I feel — not because I want to sell on the radio. It’s because I feel it.” – Residente

 

11. “I started to create concept albums like that but then I stopped because it was very hard. It was going to take me, like, two years, so I started to work with what I was feeling and what I have in my head. You have a different kind of freedom on the album, it’s nice.” – Residente

12. “There were a lot of people [there] that don’t go to the [Wall Disney Concert] Hall. That was the first time for them. It was nice to see them and also feel the energy.” – Residente

13. “The job I’m doing is the job that a lot of people on the island are doing, and it’s simply helping those affected by the hurricane.” – Residente

14. “I am partnering with architects to build homes for families who lost everything, who no long have a roof over their heads. That’s in the works now, but it’s going to take some time because the politics and bureaucracy of the island might not let me bring in help. It’s been very complicated, to say the least.” – Residente

15. “What I learned about art is that is has to be a reflection of what you feel and what’s surrounding you.” – Residente

16. “The main point, for me, was to create something real around the music; to evolve the music so it can grow.” – Residente

17. “We often connect through music, [but] I wanted to be precise with what I was doing with this new album.” – Residente

18. “Sometimes I felt like I was super small, like, ‘Wow, the world is huge!’ Sometimes I felt like the world is so small.” – Residente

19. “If I talked about war, I traveled to a specific country where I could collaborate with those directly affected by the ramifications of war. That reality — that’s what carries the album.” – Residente

 

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20. “It’s not that it changed the concept of humanity for me more than it confirmed what I already knew: that we’re more alike than not; that we have many differences but also are the same in the grand scheme of things.” – Residente

 

21. “It’s a continuation of my work with DNA, with tracing your lineage.” – Residente

22. “I’m really just jaded with what’s going on in music, where you can sing about a place like New Orleans, but record the song or film its music video in Los Angeles.” – Residente

23. “I didn’t just go to help with food and water and material goods. I went to document what was happening as it was happening on the grounds and share it via social media so that the people could see for themselves what was going on.” – Residente

24. “Back then, with the OGs of salsa, for example, when they recorded a song that was festive or about partying, they would bring in the people, they would bring in women into the studio with them to dance and join in on the experience because that’s what they were creating, that sense of reality.” – Residente

25. “I had a really dark moment. I felt that I didn’t want to be here anymore. It was a moment that I’ve never felt before. I called my mom, I had a stadium full of people in Mexico waiting for me to perform, and I didn’t want to perform.” – Residente

26. “It also confirmed things I imagined about the state of other countries. In Africa, for example, despite it being such a powerful continent, there are parts where people literally have to fight to survive.” – Residente

27. “For my new album, I did collaborations that aren’t like the ones happening in the industry today. Nowadays, artists want to jump on a song because it’s a hit and doing so well. They’ll do it even if the collaboration doesn’t make sense.” – Residente

28. “The Philharmonic was a new energy because they were standing up and singing and cheering. Usually, people stay quiet and listen. They were listening but they couldn’t resist dancing!” – Residente

29. “In the song, I talk about that, about missing who I am, or who I was, since I first started 15 years ago.” – Residente

 

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30. “I went to Utuado, Puerto Rico, a town that was totally devastated by Hurricane Maria, and is far away from the main city, so it’s practically forgotten about. They needed help, so I went with all the resources that were readily available to me.” – Residente

 

31. “Most of the people were my crowd, but I have a mixed crowd. Different genres and different ages.” – Residente

32. “I’m simply going to select a town, the same way I selected Utuado. I’m going to elect to work with communities impacted most by the natural disasters because some towns need more than others.” – Residente

33. “I have a priority order, and the first one is not to sell, it’s to challenge myself and make good music.” – Residente

34. “I wanted to go alone, without any big coalitions or press releases, because the way I understand it is anyone who wants to help their own country, there’s no need to make an announcement of it.” – Residente

35. “It was important to me because I arrived at a place [in life] where I needed something more than the music.” – Residente

36. “I love what I do and when I start feeling that I don’t like it anymore, I do other things. It doesn’t matter if I’m going to make money or not.” – Residente

37. “What I mean by “precise” is if, for example, I needed vocals from Africa, I traveled to Africa and worked directly with tribal voices.” – Residente

38. “For my birthday, my friends from high school and college, I connected with them, the people that knew me before I got famous. And that’s what I do all the time when I go back [to Puerto Rico]. I try to do things that connect me with the past.” – Residente

39. “And I’m really talking about the basics of life; the things that make us all cry and the things that make us all laugh or be happy. In that sense, we’re all very much alike.” – Residente

 

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40. “I think we proved that we can make changes like when we took down the governor, but I think we still need more of that energy. It has to start from inside, from people’s heart. And that’s what I want, for people to start understanding and educating themselves. Someday maybe Puerto Rico will be a country that will make their own decisions because right now, we can’t even vote for the president.” – Residente

 

41. “The whole experience really just taught me about the human race, what that is in its most basic sense, the fundamental principles of what it means to be human.” – Residente

42. “I know that it sounds like a cliche, but it’s nice to pass through different countries and see yourself. Musically speaking, when I went to Africa, I was able to detect the Afro-Caribbean beats to understand where they came from. The rhythm and the tempos, sounds like salsa music, I was able to understand it better.” – Residente

43. “I’m older, so he knew my music from before. [Bad Bunny] came to my concerts when he wasn’t known and I have seen him grow so fast.” – Residente

44. “Ruben Blades inspired and has influenced my music. He’s like the Jedi Master.” – Residente

45. “People don’t understand what art is.” – Residente

46. “I always create concept albums. The first album was based on my DNA. We come from everywhere, so I went to Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Siberia, China, Serbia, and Russia” – Residente

47. “And there are people already doing what they can with what they have for Puerto Rico. I’m doing my part.” – Residente

48. “Artists should not be afraid, and should say what they feel and think [about world events] as human beings.” – Residente

49. “I’m helping monetarily, and by bringing food and water to communities that need it most.” – Residente

50. “I needed to explore another level of reality, outside the confines of the studio.” – Residente

 

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Zisilia Alvsa is a writer for Wealthy Gorilla. Friends often call her Zii. She is a girl from Jakarta, Indonesia who currently lives in Bali. Zii loves photography and travelling.

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50 Powerful Mary J Blige Quotes That’ll Motivate You

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Which are your favorite Mary J Blige quotes?

Mary J Blige is an American singer, songwriter, and producer who is considered an icon in the music industry and pop culture.

In 2006, Blige won nine Billboard Music Awards in one night. She became the first person nominated for acting and songwriting as Icon of the Year by Billboard Women. She is known by Billboard as ‘the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years.

Here’s a collection of the most Powerful Mary J Blige quotes:

 

50 Powerful Mary J Blige Quotes That’ll Motivate You

1. “You’re taking drugs so you can go out and feel courageous, or go out and feel beautiful or whatever. You’re doing it to cover up something.” – Mary J Blige

2. “Life is full of trials and tribulations. It’s dramatic when you don’t treat people right when you’re in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say ‘No more’, and then you know what to do when the trials happen.” – Mary J Blige

3. “We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.” – Mary J Blige

4. “I’m from the element of the streets that says that once you’ve made it, it’s yours. But keep it to yourself.” – Mary J Blige

5. “Music makes us want to live. You don’t know how many times people have told me that they’d been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That’s the power music has.” – Mary J Blige

6. “I don’t have someone I listen to. I don’t. It’s just me. It’s a very alone place, but it is what it is. And it’s always been this.” – Mary J Blige

7. “I know who I am. I am not perfect. I’m not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I’m one of them.” – Mary J Blige

8. “I’ve seen visions of what I would look like if I kept doing drugs.” – Mary J Blige

9. “If you’re looking for inner peace from the outside world, you’re not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.” – Mary J Blige

 

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10. “I’m searching for a real love.” – Mary J Blige

 

11. “I’m very structured, my workout starts at 7:30 a.m.” – Mary J Blige

12. “Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.” – Mary J Blige

13. “Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.” – Mary J Blige

14. “It took me a long time to tell my mom something that happened to me when I was smaller.” – Mary J Blige

15. “We numb ourselves with drugs and alcohol and people and shopping and shit, to cover up what’s really going on inside.” – Mary J Blige

16. “I’m on my way to a place where I’d never dreamed I’d be, and that’s perfection.” – Mary J Blige

17. “As public as I am, I’m real private…. I’ll give you the juice and the truth, but not the stuff that’s going to kill me…. I grew up in a neighborhood where we couldn’t tell everything. It would kill us. So you know,’ but you don’t [know]. You know?” – Mary J Blige

18. “It’s up to us to choose whether we win or lose…and I choose to win.” – Mary J Blige

19. “In your life, there’s peaks and valleys and sometimes we regress, and we don’t even know we regress. You just have to learn how to accept all of your mistakes and learn to love yourself again.” – Mary J Blige

 

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20. “I know what God says about me, he says I’m beautiful, he says I’m strong, he says I have to believe that…. I’m Mary, and that’s beautiful to me. I accept that. I accept all that comes with that.” – Mary J Blige

 

21. “It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don’t even understand what you’re reading in your contract.” – Mary J Blige

22. “I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.” – Mary J Blige

23. “It hurts when you have to smile and you don’t want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.” – Mary J Blige

24. “To me, I’m just Mary.” – Mary J Blige

25. “Just don’t let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y’know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don’t let it consume you; don’t let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.” – Mary J Blige

26. “Everybody thinks they know everything, but nobody really knows.” – Mary J Blige

27. “I’ve done well, I’ve been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course, the labels are going to be the labels. It’s the music business. You are a business. That’s what they do. So you’ve got to protect yourself.” – Mary J Blige

28. “When life is real, it’s not going to be smooth.” – Mary J Blige

29. “So much painful, embarrassing, public stuff has happened from the time I came out in this music industry to right now.” – Mary J Blige

 

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30. “I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.” – Mary J Blige

 

31. “I was courageous. I was a courageous woman…[and] I gave and gave and gave and gave and gave when people were afraid to give. I said the things that people were afraid to say.” – Mary J Blige

32. “You demand respect and you’ll get it. First of all, you give respect.” – Mary J Blige

33. “If I’m sick, once I’m on stage, I don’t feel it. If I’m in pain, I don’t feel it because it’s not about me anymore. It’s about the people.” – Mary J Blige

34. “In the inner city, there’s a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I’ve gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.” – Mary J Blige

35. “Believe in yourself when nobody else does.” – Mary J Blige

36. “The music my mother played in the house moved me – Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was.” – Mary J Blige

37. “My responsibility to God is to live. That’s the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.” – Mary J Blige

38. “I was 33 years old when I revealed to my mom how I was molested. Thirty-three. Because I didn’t want to hurt her. And I wish I didn’t do it then, but I had to.” – Mary J Blige

39. “As a child, I always wanted to be a singer.” – Mary J Blige

 

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40. “If you’re looking for inner peace from the outside world, you’re not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get – it’s all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside.” – Mary J Blige

 

41. “The important thing is to realize that no matter what people’s opinions may be, they’re only just that – people’s opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.” – Mary J Blige

42. “I had to forgive myself for being so stupid, I had to forgive him for everything he did.” – Mary J Blige

43. “You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.” – Mary J Blige

44. “I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn’t love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I’ve seen squirrels, I’ve seen a bird, and I’ve seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I’ve learned to say: You know what? I am a beautiful black woman.” – Mary J Blige

45. “You know a lot, but you don’t know everything.” – Mary J Blige

46. “I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.” – Mary J Blige

47. “I cannot save the world; that’s not what I’m trying to do. I guess I’m just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too – that’s my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.” – Mary J Blige

48. “I got my family. I have my sister, my mom—that I can’t tell everything to, because they family, and you don’t want to get them all riled up. But I have God. That’s my Mary J. Blige. He showed me the truth in me, so I can be transparent.” – Mary J Blige

49. “Well, when I look back, I see that we all want what we want. And we want it to be the way we want it to be.” – Mary J Blige

50. “I love people, I love the world, I love my nieces, I love my nephews, I love my family, I love them so deeply. But right now it’s about me and little Mary. It’s like that’s my baby, my little girl. She needs my help…and I’m not going to ever let anybody hurt her again. She needs to live, she needs to play. She doesn’t mind her life being used to help someone else…. But I have to take care of her.” – Mary J Blige

 

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50 Strong & Inspirational Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

Which are your favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda quotes?

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American actor, singer, songwriter, rapper, composer, director, producer, author, and playwright. He has received several awards including a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship.

Miranda is best known for writing the script, music, and lyrics for Hamilton. He founded the hip-hop improv group Freestyle called ‘Love Supreme’. Other than music, he also has appeared in television shows like ‘Modern Family’, ‘Do No Harm’, and ‘How I Met Your Mother’.

Here’s a collection of the most inspirational Lin-Manuel Miranda quotes:

 

50 Strong & Inspirational Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

1. “Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He’s great at playing that ‘I’m the only one sane in the world’ character.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

2. “One of my first favorite books was ‘The 12 Days of Christmas,’ and I would just go up to people and say, ‘I can sing ‘The 12 Days of Christmas,’ and I would make them sit through me reciting it, and I’d go all the way, each time. I’ve always hooked into lyrics.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

3. “You are perfectly cast in your life. I can’t imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

4. “Anytime you write something, you go through so many phases.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

5. “Legacy. What is a Legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

6. “I always had an eye toward the stage for the story of Hamilton’s life, but I began with the idea of a concept album, the way Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar were albums before they were musicals.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

7. “You know what’s a great way of tricking people into thinking you’re a genius? Write a show about geniuses!” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

8. “What ‘Twilight Zone’ did was show we all have a great capacity for good and evil.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

9. “You cannot let all the world’s tragedies into your heart. You’ll drown. But the ones you do let in should count.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

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10. “I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

11. “History is entirely created by the person who tells the story.”– Lin-Manuel Miranda

12. “I am the one thing in life I can control. I am inimitable. I am an original.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

13. “The Hulk before intermission, Bruce Banner after it.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

14. “I can tell you that I did about five fruitless years of auditioning for voiceovers where I did variations on tacos and Latin accents, and my first screen role was as a bellhop on The Sopranos.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

15. “This is when IMDb was a little more lax with its proceedings, so it’s listed as one of my projects.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

16. “You go through the ‘I’m a Fraud’ phase. You go through the ‘I’ll Never Finish’ phase. And every once in a while you think, ‘What if I actually have created what I set out to create, and it’s received as such?” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

17. “This show is proof that history remembers.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

18. “I was 15 years old; it’s a terrible movie. I wrote 50 percent of it because I wanted to kiss this one girl, and I wrote a kissing scene for it.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

19. “I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued ‘Hamilton,’ but I couldn’t write a book, because there’s no applause at the end of writing a book.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

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20. “My only responsibility as a playwright and a storyteller is to give you the time of your life in the theatre.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

21. “Rent was the show that made me want to write. Or that showed me you’re allowed to write.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

22. “She is a perfect symphony of one Our son is her most beautiful reprise. We chase the melodies that seem to find us until they’re finished songs and start to play.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

23. “The musicals that leave us kind of staggering on our feet are the ones that really reach for a lot.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

24. “My wife’s the reason anything gets done, she nudges me towards promise by degrees.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

25. “Let them manifest action.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

26. “I started at the same level as everybody else, and then I just listened to more music and talked to myself until it was an actual superpower I could pull out on special occasions.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

27. “There’s been lots of theater that uses hip-hop in it, but more often than not, it’s used as a joke – isn’t it hilarious that these characters are rapping. I treat it as a musical form, and a musical form that allows you to pack in a ton of lyric.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

28. “When I was asked to do a song from ‘In the Heights’ at the White House in 2009, I chose instead to do ‘Alexander Hamilton’ because I felt like I was meeting a moment.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

29. “What I learned from my go-round with ‘In the Heights’ is that it’s tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

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30. “Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

31. “I just happen to think that with Hamilton’s story, sticking close to the facts helps me. All the most interesting things in the show happened.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

32. “Sometimes a line enters your head, and you’re so grateful for it. You go online to check to see if anyone wrote it before you. You must have stolen it.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

33. “The music you love when you’re a teenager is always going to be the most important to you, and I find that it’s all over the score of Hamilton.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

34. “Eliza tells her story. Now, fill the world with music, love, and pride.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

35. “The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that’s proven.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

36. “The only other thing that’s like video games for me is watching tennis on TV. I can have it on, and there’s a rhythmic quality to it.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

37. “Biggie and Big Pun were the best storytellers of the ’90s. I would get wrapped up in the narrative of what they were talking about.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

38. “Making words rhyme for a living is one of the great joys of my life… That’s a superpower I’ve been very conscious of developing.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

39. “I can be watching Wimbledon or the U.S. Open and still be working.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

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40. “If there is a Busta Rhymes of musical theater, it probably is Mandy Patinkin.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

41. “I made a movie when I was 15 years old with all my friends.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

42. “When my prayers to God were met with indifference, I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

43. “If Hamilton were on Twitter, he would have been a worse oversharer than me.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

44. “When senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised–not one day.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

45. “I couldn’t possibly write ‘Next to Normal,’ but God, I can weep and watch ‘Next to Normal’ five times.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

46. “I don’t differentiate between black and Latino actors. We’re in the same struggle to be represented in a way that’s even close to honest. And I can tell you that the amount of Latino characters I can point at and say, ‘That’s what my life experience looks like’ – I can’t think of any off the top of my head besides Jimmy Smits in Mi Familia.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

47. “History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

48. “I can’t say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I’ve encountered racism there.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

49. “I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. We just knew the rule was you’re going to have to work twice as hard.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

50. “We live in times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall and light from dying embers–remembrances that hope and love last longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. I sing Vanessa’s symphony.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

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50 Inspirational & Famous Pusha T Quotes

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The Best Pusha T Quotes

Which are your favorite Pusha T quotes?

Pusha T is an American rapper, songwriter, and record executive. He first gained major recognition as half of hip hop duo ‘Clipse’, alongside his brother and fellow rapper ‘No Malice’. He is the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of ‘Re-Up Records’.

He announced he was signing with Kanye West‘s ‘G.O.O.D.’ Music label in 2010. In March 2011 he released his first solo project, a mixtape titled ‘Fear of God’.

His official debut album ‘My Name Is My Name’ featuring guest appearances from Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Future, Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown, and Kendrick Lamar, among others.

Here’s a collection of the most inspirational Pusha T quotes:

 

50 Inspirational & Famous Pusha T Quotes

1. “By now, you should know what you’re getting with Pusha T. I’ve been in this game since 2002, and my name says it all. You know I’m only moved by a certain style of rap. Not that many other styles move me. You have to really be a rapper’s rapper for me to like it.” – Pusha T

2. “I caught the U.S. Open a couple of times, but, man, I would love to catch Wimbledon and watch Nadal – he is the king of all kings.” – Pusha T

3. “I felt like when I got with Kanye, and we discussed me being on G.O.O.D. Music, he just really took me to a place in regards to music that I love and music that I had made previously. We had a clear understanding of what I wanted to make, and he just seemed like he was an advocate for hardcore, uncompromising hip-hop.” – Pusha T

4. “I make a timeless music. I think I’ve made my mark as a lyricist and as an innovator and as a tastemaker.” – Pusha T

5. “I think Adidas really understands that it’s cool to be in business with the right people. It really feels like a bunch of creative minds rather than some rap guys stamping their names on a sneaker. We’re arguing overshoes, ideas, and everything – it’s like a tug of war.” – Pusha T

6. “I’ve never been – I don’t think I’m, like, a great A&R by any means. I don’t even know production lingo, in all honesty.” – Pusha T

 

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7. “My hip-hop fans are a little spoiled – they want a particular level of lyricism and energy that I’m known for. When they don’t get that, it takes a little time for them to open up to it. But electronic fans are as free as the music. On social media, they were so excited and loud; they’re in awe.” – Pusha T

 

8. “Oh, I’m up at 6:00 A.M. every morning because I have a lot to do. Plenty. I work out probably at, like, 8:00. I gotta eat at 6:00 so, therefore, I can workout at 8:00.” – Pusha T

9. “Some of the greatest hip-hop artists have incorporated elements from electronic shows into their setup. People are taking notice. It’s going to be a new wave.” – Pusha T

10. “When you make albums like I do, and it’s based off fanfare and based off touring – I make these albums, and I get on the road. It’s not really a radio-driven thing. I get on the road, and I see my fans, and I touch each and every last one of them.” – Pusha T

11. “Biggie is my favorite rapper, for sure. No other artist has impacted me that much.” – Pusha T

12. “I believe there’s a god above me, I’m just the god of everything else!” – Pusha T

13. “I feel like, as far as streetwear goes, man, Play Cloths sits at a top-tier of quality, and your idea of luxury should not stop where you feel like you’re at the obvious.” – Pusha T

14. “I just start my day really early. Everything happens in the morning time. Writing. Just everything. I can’t – I don’t know how to work late.” – Pusha T

15. “I think about nothing but business the whole time. Even when I go out to my after-parties, people are like, You’re drinking water?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah I am.” – Pusha T

16. “I’ve got my traveling, my packing, my after-show activities all down to a science. I used to not work out on tour; now I take a trainer with me. I do things to make sure that I can give the crowd my all, because that’s what I’m all about.” – Pusha T

 

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17. “My fans like a certain quality and a certain level of music. Once I give it to them, they seem pretty happy.” – Pusha T

 

18. “My vision for G.O.O.D. Music is just carrying on with the tradition of putting out high-quality music, high-quality art. G.O.O.D. Music is entrenched in the culture of hip-hop. It’s entrenched in the culture, period.” – Pusha T

19. “Playing a room, it’s a real dictator-type situation – you can really move the crowd the way you want to. In a festival, there’s a sea of people, and it’s harder to lock in on any one group.” – Pusha T

20. “When we were growing up, I got kicked out of Timbaland’s house every day. He was the DJ for my brother’s rap group in junior high school. So I was 7, and while Tim’s DJ’ing and my brother’s rapping, I’d be upstairs dancing.” – Pusha T

21. “As a writer, you’re always trying to say the best thing. You’re always thinking about what’s the best thing to say, and what’s the hardest way to say it, and what’s the best line? Sometimes the best line is the simplest line. Sometimes the best line is the line that evokes more feeling than actual wordsmithing.” – Pusha T

22. “G.O.O.D. Music is on top because G.O.O.D. Music is the culture. When you think of, you know, just every aspect from music, influence, fashion, art level. If it’s not G.O.O.D Music, then it’s somebody who was influenced heavily by G.O.O.D. Music.” – Pusha T

23. “I feel like my lyrics are just dark and scathing. I feel like the lyrics on ‘Darkest Before Dawn’ are uncompromised hip-hop and really speaking to my core fan base. Basically what’s been known in my discography the entire time.” – Pusha T

24. “I just look at capitalizing on everything that I feel like G.O.O.D. Music brings to the music industry, our following, and the culture. First of all, we have incredible artists. It’s definitely about getting those albums out in a very manicured fashion.” – Pusha T

25. “I tell people that the Clipse were the first Internet rap darlings.” – Pusha T

26. “I’ve been going to Europe for some time on the festival circuit, and once you get in that element and see others reacting to it, it’s easier to understand. You get trapped in the wave. The beats are driving and super-aggressive – like, so hard. I was curious.” – Pusha T

 

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27. “More than anything, Play Cloths has taken risks in regards to the pieces of clothing that we’re even creating. We started out as straight T-shirts. It was just T-shirts and a couple cool things. Now, it’s leisure pants, it’s all types of clothing. We’re evolving even with fashion trends on a super high level.” – Pusha T

 

28. “My style is forever changing.” – Pusha T

29. “Pharrell has definitely influenced my style in regards to streetwear. Simply because we’re from that era that Nigo and A Bathing Ape started. That’s where it all started at for us.” – Pusha T

30. “Virginia Beach is just such a melting pot for so many different things, and they just have so many influences. I would always say that the area definitely influences Play Cloths. The area itself just has so many influences, whether it be fashion, music, everything.” – Pusha T

31. “Allen Iverson is, like, my all-time hero.” – Pusha T

32. “Even with social media and where we are…everything is about the look.” – Pusha T

33. “I feel like I’m the last rap superhero. I really do. I feel like everybody else, they seem to be a bit victimized, and I don’t feel like that’s me.” – Pusha T

34. “I had a really successful 2013, ’14, ’15. Touring, just doing my thing. Super – I mean, can’t complain about nothing. And my road manager got killed. And it ruined everything. Now, I tell people – I don’t know if this is a word. But I tell people that that re-sensitized me.” – Pusha T

35. “I see people doing things in their Blackberrys, and I need paper. Lines. Alphabets. I need to see it. It’s so elementary, man.” – Pusha T

36. “I’ve always had some level of having to be independent outside of music because the music wasn’t a smooth ride. We lost a lot in the mix: Everybody that I came in the music game with – friends I brought in with me – are all doing 10-34 years in jail. That’s why if you want to get the real, you gotta get it from me.” – Pusha T

 

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37. “Me tweeting sometimes, it’s like, I don’t even remember what I say. It’s just coming off how it’s coming off.” – Pusha T

 

38. “My music is airy; it’s spacious. It requires you to be able to rap and articulate your message over it. That’s what the beat demands of you. Not a lot of people try to rap over my beats because it’s a bit of a task.” – Pusha T

39. “People don’t understand how long it really takes to find beats. Sometimes they’re not all the way there, but it’s elements in them I love. Then I get to take them to get chopped up. Ye got to cook over a few of them.” – Pusha T

40. “The Re-Up Gang mixtapes are going down in history, man. I still listen to them in my car, and the ‘Hell Hath No Fury’ album. I tell people all the time that I’ll never make another album like that one again. Never!” – Pusha T

41. “A good villain exudes charisma and power. He has principles, though; that just gives him a level of dimension. It makes him seem to be a bit unpredictable, because he’s usually deemed as some type of evil, ruthless person, and then he shows you his principles, and you don’t know what to think of it.” – Pusha T

42. “Darkest Before Dawn,’ the short film, is basically the film of a man who faces the darkness when his back is against the wall and just about how miracles come in all forms, and even in your darkest times, it comes.” – Pusha T

43. “I don’t even know how to think about running out of things to talk about. Certain things are inescapable to me. I’m connected by the hip with so many things in the streets.” – Pusha T

44. “I got two stores, two streetwear stores, at home. Have to tend to those. Play Cloths. Have to tend to that business.” – Pusha T

45. “I never understood why movies don’t have to be as responsible, or the responsibility stops with Rated R. I feel like music, you gotta – you put the sticker on it, you make the clean version, then you’re explaining yourself, and then you have to do charities to offset what you just said. No one else has to do this!” – Pusha T

46. “I try to do records sometimes that have a different bounce – maybe it’s a Southern bounce or something.” – Pusha T

 

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47. “In God we trust, the game is all us. Til the sky calls or its flames on us.” – Pusha T

 

48. “My mood board says that there should be a G.O.O.D. Music festival. Why not? Like, we haven’t – I don’t think – and I think all of the G.O.O.D. Music artists and affiliates are doing so many different things that we never get to Voltron up. So that would be a thing of mine.” – Pusha T

49. “Pain is joy when it cries, it’s my smile in disguise.” – Pusha T

50. “The crafting of lyrics is really a task, and when it comes to street culture, I don’t feel like anyone else articulates it better than me.” – Pusha T

 

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