Lyrics Understand Quotes by Kendrick Lamar

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

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

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

— Kendrick Lamar

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Kendrick Lamar

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

— Kendrick Lamar

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

— Kendrick Lamar

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

— Kendrick Lamar

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise, Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized.

— Kendrick Lamar

I was raised inside the gang culture.

— Kendrick Lamar

We look so much on color that we forget about the soul.

— Kendrick Lamar