I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
In this life ain't no happy endings; Only pure beginnings followed by years of sinning and fake repentance. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I gotta make a move, I gotta do this now, If they don't know your dreams, they can't shoot 'em down. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
They say time is money but really it's not If we ever go broke, then time is all we got And we… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
There's been people who've rapped and produced - like Kanye - but I don't feel like on the rapping side there's ever… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
The music becomes more pure and soulful when it's true, and it has to be true these days with the way the… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
When you're a rapper, just a rapper, you have to kind of settle for whatever comes your way - if a beat… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Rhyme patterns are nothing without meanings to the words. A lot of rappers can do those flows, but the raps aren't really… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I wanna show you I can out-rap your favorite rappers. I wanna show you I can out-produce your favorite producers. So I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
In my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, when I switched my style to more like a punch line style - this is when I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two… — J. Cole Copy Share
Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far. — J. Cole Copy Share
Sold my soul to Satan. I've been dancing with the devil. So when you get to hell you can say you know me. I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share
I truly believe that I make my path and I set my course, and where I land, at the end of the day, or… — J. Cole Copy Share
My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together. — J. Cole Copy Share
When I first started rapping, when I switched my style to more like a punch line style - this is when I'm like 13… — J. Cole Copy Share
I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball,… — J. Cole Copy Share
We got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em, Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten. — J. Cole Copy Share
I seen a baby cry seconds later he laughs... the beauty of life, the pain never lasts. — J. Cole Copy Share
If I'm a character, it's a biographical movie. My character is as close to me as possible. As close to being myself as possible.… — J. Cole Copy Share
You can't take yourself too seriously. Like, yeah, I'm doin' all that, but still I don't feel like I've done anything, really. I feel… — J. Cole Copy Share
When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver. You've got… — J. Cole Copy Share
