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title: "2 Scratch Quotes By G-Eazy"
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> [When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/when-you-sample-something-you-re-using-the-crutch-of-borrowing-chords/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/g-eazy-1910_borrowing_when-you-sample-something-you-re-using-t_2279301.jpg)

> [My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/my-whole-career-has-been-from-scratch-so-i-never-took-it-for-granted/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/g-eazy-1910_been_my-whole-career-has-been-from-scratch-so_3141575.jpg)

## More by G-Eazy

> [London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/london-from-the-architecture-to-the-culture-to-the-fashion-to-the/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [If I didn't make a single song in two months, I'm slippin'. You can't just party every night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/if-i-didn-t-make-a-single-song-in-two-months-i-m-slippin-you-can-t/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I thought everybody unanimously hated this man. I don't know anyone who was like, 'Go Trump.' I was surprised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-thought-everybody-unanimously-hated-this-man-i-don-t-know-anyone/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/keeping-in-touch-with-the-people-that-matter-is-important/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-read-the-steve-jobs-book-and-that-kind-of-changed-everything-i-ve/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-see-myself-as-a-hip-hop-artist-but-i-never-wanted-to-make-music-for/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-think-my-style-revolves-around-the-philosophy-that-less-is-more/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I'm a Gemini, so there's two people in me. Straight up. There's the nerd who is totally zoned out in the studio, EQ-ing this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-m-a-gemini-so-there-s-two-people-in-me-straight-up-there-s-the-nerd/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I've never had a car. Like I can drive, but I'm always at the risk of killing people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-ve-never-had-a-car-like-i-can-drive-but-i-m-always-at-the-risk-of/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [You'd die very sad if you tried to make everyone in the world happy, you know what I mean? You can't; no one can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/you-d-die-very-sad-if-you-tried-to-make-everyone-in-the-world-happy/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [Life is good. I've got a apartment that is paid for with rap money. It's good. It's amazing. It's a blessing. I wake up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/life-is-good-i-ve-got-a-apartment-that-is-paid-for-with-rap-money-it/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/my-mom-would-always-play-me-a-lot-of-late-50s-late-60s-rock/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [It's a really good time for California right now in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/it-s-a-really-good-time-for-california-right-now-in-music/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [When I started making music, I was so heavy into the hyphy movement. That's something you only know so much about if you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/when-i-started-making-music-i-was-so-heavy-into-the-hyphy-movement/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

> [I grew up with the Pack. When they released 'Vans,' it was a seeing-is-believing moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-eazy/i-grew-up-with-the-pack-when-they-released-vans-it-was-a-seeing-is/)

[G-Eazy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-eazy/)

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