Song Quotes by Lupe Fiasco

18 Song quotes by Lupe Fiasco

Fiasco’s verses often double as social commentary, and his thoughts on songs follow suit. In these 18 quotes you’ll catch his perspective on rhythm as a platform for ideas, making the collection a compact look at his artistic mindset.

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We weren't raised Muslim - we were born Muslim. I didn't go to a Muslim school, but it was just the theme…

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I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable hearing myself sing, I sang in another accent.

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I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

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It's a massive undertaking putting an album together... It's not light weight at all.

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Once you've been on tour six, seven years, you get an idea of what works and what doesn't work universally. There will…

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This game wears on you. It tears you down. It's perpetual motion for some people who've achieved a level of independence, like…

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My whole team, it wasn't about putting the album out, it was about getting off the record company and going independent or…

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360 deals are the new things of the industry. It's not about selling records; it's about selling T-shirts, getting a piece of…

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Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this…

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I don't hate the music, but I hate the process. When I look at it, I don't see song titles and artwork,…

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You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal,…

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We have to make the physical music a little more valuable instead of just having a download link and a bunch of…

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It's a funny line when you're walking - the creativity, the subjectivity versus the objectivity, creativity versus the business, and recognizing that…

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It feels good, you know. It feels like you're out there, you know, doin' your own thing, know what I'm sayin'? It's…

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Just take me home where the mood is mellow And the roses are grown M&M's are yellow And the light bulbs around…

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We on the internet. That's such a small community. We think we're so huge. If you went up to people on the…

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There are still songs that I'm writing. I like to write. I like to take a long time to do my songs,…

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Some people are the greatest people on Earth with good hearts and will get in the studio and make the most negative…

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Then he leaves the house that love built that hug renovate that section 8 pays for. Well lets pray for em, Let the beat…

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I have yet to see someone attack Obama over his report card. A lot of people I talk to from both sides of the…

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And its gonna be PPV, wont be back for free, You gonna need scratch to see, me to rematch with me, my greatest enemy…

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People say, 'If you don't vote, then you don't have a right to say anything. But nine times outta 10, I pay more taxes…

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Life aint made to come around twice, Thats why I gotta get it right.

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We on the internet. That's such a small community. We think we're so huge. If you went up to people on the street and…

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You can't control it once you turn it into the label, so there's the expectation that it'll leak a week before the album comes…

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I do understand that America is a predominantly Christian country. A lot of morals and values are based in Christianity as opposed to Buddhism,…

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What I've learned is not to take anybody's advice. If you rely solely on your fans, it sets you up for the downfall on…

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When I retire, I want to step away on a positive note. What you put out into the world comes back to you. You…

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I love the lord, but sometimes its like that I love me more, now I love the peace and I love the war, I…

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It's a massive undertaking putting an album together... It's not light weight at all.

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I always say that you define what success is to yourself.

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Down the block come kick it with me like Kung Fu, where I hung like noose they called me young bruce.

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It's gorillas here, takes a village to raise a villain here.

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