Artist Quotes by Kendrick Lamar

11 Artist quotes by Kendrick Lamar

Lamar’s lyrical precision and social awareness surface in these eleven lines, providing a succinct yet potent look at his view on the creative grind.

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You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.

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There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually…

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The hardest thing for - not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge,…

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I'm tryna learn somethin new. I'm tryna better my chances of becoming a star. I'm tryna feel the vibe of Mona Lisa,…

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The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know…

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The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the…

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Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that…

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It's a long time coming as far as the work that I put in. Now I know that I got the stamp…

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When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at…

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K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend…

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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…

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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…

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Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.

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I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

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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…

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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…

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You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind…

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You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

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My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.

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I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

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The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first.

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