The people definitely shape the two, put stamps and classify mainstream and underground music. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time,… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I think all Geminis are kids at heart. And that's why they're able to simplify some of the most complex things and… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The way people look at me these days - that's the same way I looked at President Obama before I met him.… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
You can't have people listen to you unless you come to their world and then bring them to yours. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
While you have people who are actually fronting for your needs and wants, sometimes your needs and wants may not be right… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It's all hip-hop. You can't say that just… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for - not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge,… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
We all, we all good people just trying to escape the negative influence that come around us and that's the story of… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
You can't change where you from. You can't take a person out of their zone and expect them to be somebody else… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I felt like, what better way for people to understand me by taking the initiative in giving my real name, my name… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I really focus on what my fans will take from it, people living their day-to-day lives. At the end of the day,… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Everybody has their own way of hearing songs. My fans are usually pretty on point. Sometimes they go all the way to… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The more I started going through my own things in life, my faith got put to the test, and I had to… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The more people I meet, the more cultures I start to embrace, the more people I open myself up to - it's… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
There are so many people pulling at me at one time - some want the business, some want my love, some just… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
As I've grown as an artist, I've learned that my mission statement is really self-expression. I don't want anybody to classify my… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it -… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
How am I influencing so many people on this stage rather than influencing the ones that I have back home? — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I'm a person of my own opinions, that's how I was raised. I speak what I feel... A lot of people feel… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
Got in the studio at sixteen, [and] that's when I felt like I wanted to make this a career. I had a passion for… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
Everybody has their own way of hearing songs. My fans are usually pretty on point. Sometimes they go all the way to the bottom… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
I've got an extra-specific story about Dr. Dre. I saw him when I was 9 years old in Compton - him and Tupac. They… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
Brother Kendrick Lamar: he's not a rapper, he's a writer, he's an author. And if you read between the lines, we'll learn how to… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise, Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share
