I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy… — 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
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
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
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The people definitely shape the two, put stamps and classify mainstream and underground music. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music.… — 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
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
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 started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
[Drizzy] reached out to me through Chase N Cashe, they're brothers, they're one. Chase N Cashe made the connection, played some of… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Music was just played all around me, and I couldn't run from it. My pops, he never learned to sing, but he'd… — 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
It's deep-rooted, the music of being young and dumb, It's never muted, in fact, it's much louder where I'm from. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I used to consider the listener. But now I'm in a space where, if I'm not inspired, I can't really do the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
K. Dot was a kid who was trying to find himself in music, finding trends, um, bending towards - ready to bend… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Before finding music, I didn't have too many aspirations. I wanted to hang out, make a little money from whatever I had… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
I went back and studied the game, was a student of the game and worked on my craft and dedicated myself, you… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time. — 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 the bottom… — 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 make. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image