--- title: "12 Want Quotes By Lupe Fiasco" description: "12 Want quotes by Lupe Fiasco. Plus more from Lupe Fiasco and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/lupe-fiasco-1146_hear_i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life_308172.png" --- > [I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life-of-me-but-i-know-what-i-want/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/lupe-fiasco-1146_hear_i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life_308172.png) > [I know what I want because I know what I want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-know-what-i-want-because-i-know-what-i-want/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lupe-fiasco-1146_feel_i-know-what-i-want-because-i-know-what-i_1145383.png) > [I'm not in competition with nobody. I want to make good music for my fans who want it, who enjoy it, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-m-not-in-competition-with-nobody-i-want-to-make-good-music-for-my/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/lupe-fiasco-1146_competition_i-m-not-in-competition-with-nobody-i-wan_2201578.jpg) > [I never want to be an artistic bully, and put myself above anyone else... or be more prestigious than anyone else. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-never-want-to-be-an-artistic-bully-and-put-myself-above-anyone-else/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/lupe-fiasco-1146_above_i-never-want-to-be-an-artistic-bully-and_245774.png) > [I want to make music as good as Radiohead, as good as Coldplay. I can make hip-hop as good as anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-want-to-make-music-as-good-as-radiohead-as-good-as-coldplay-i-can/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/lupe-fiasco-1146_hip-hop_i-want-to-make-music-as-good-as-radiohea_1392248.png) > [I definitely want to work with Thom Yorke. I want to work with Damien Marley; there's a few international artists I wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-definitely-want-to-work-with-thom-yorke-i-want-to-work-with-damien/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/lupe-fiasco-1146_affinity_i-definitely-want-to-work-with-thom-york_1174109.jpg) > [When I retire, I want to step away on a positive note. What you put out into the world comes back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/when-i-retire-i-want-to-step-away-on-a-positive-note-what-you-put-out/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/lupe-fiasco-1146_change-the-world_when-i-retire-i-want-to-step-away-on-a-p_59821.jpg) > [My whole team, it wasn't about putting the album out, it was about getting off the record company and going independent or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/my-whole-team-it-wasn-t-about-putting-the-album-out-it-was-about/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/lupe-fiasco-1146_albums_my-whole-team-it-wasn-t-about-putting-th_1829218.png) > [Everybody has their opinion on what's 'real,' and what's they choose to listen to and their personal preference. Whether they're 2 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/everybody-has-their-opinion-on-what-s-real-and-what-s-they-choose-to/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/lupe-fiasco-1146_opinion_everybody-has-their-opinion-on-what-s-re_585148.jpg) > [If you want to relate me to the newer cats, let's go. Let's go line for line and bar for bar. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/if-you-want-to-relate-me-to-the-newer-cats-let-s-go-let-s-go-line-for/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/lupe-fiasco-1146_about_if-you-want-to-relate-me-to-the-newer-ca_2798494.png) > [Barack is at a level where he can't - no matter how much he wants to or how much we want him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/barack-is-at-a-level-where-he-can-t-no-matter-how-much-he-wants-to-or/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/lupe-fiasco-1146_activity_barack-is-at-a-level-where-he-can-t-no-m_3142853.png) > [My mother and my father taught me to look at the actual problem, not the face of it, not the veneer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/my-mother-and-my-father-taught-me-to-look-at-the-actual-problem-not/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/lupe-fiasco-1146_america_my-mother-and-my-father-taught-me-to-loo_1673687.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Lupe Fiasco > [Then he leaves the house that love built that hug renovate that section 8 pays for. Well lets pray for em, Let the beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/then-he-leaves-the-house-that-love-built-that-hug-renovate-that/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [I have yet to see someone attack Obama over his report card. A lot of people I talk to from both sides of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-have-yet-to-see-someone-attack-obama-over-his-report-card-a-lot-of/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [And its gonna be PPV, wont be back for free, You gonna need scratch to see, me to rematch with me, my greatest enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/and-its-gonna-be-ppv-wont-be-back-for-free-you-gonna-need-scratch-to/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/people-say-if-you-don-t-vote-then-you-don-t-have-a-right-to-say/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [Life aint made to come around twice, Thats why I gotta get it right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/life-aint-made-to-come-around-twice-thats-why-i-gotta-get-it-right/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/we-on-the-internet-that-s-such-a-small-community-we-think-we-re-so/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/you-can-t-control-it-once-you-turn-it-into-the-label-so-there-s-the/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [I do understand that America is a predominantly Christian country. A lot of morals and values are based in Christianity as opposed to Buddhism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-do-understand-that-america-is-a-predominantly-christian-country-a/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/what-i-ve-learned-is-not-to-take-anybody-s-advice-if-you-rely-solely/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [When I retire, I want to step away on a positive note. What you put out into the world comes back to you. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/when-i-retire-i-want-to-step-away-on-a-positive-note-what-you-put-out/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [I love the lord, but sometimes its like that I love me more, now I love the peace and I love the war, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-love-the-lord-but-sometimes-its-like-that-i-love-me-more-now-i-love/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [It's a massive undertaking putting an album together... It's not light weight at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/it-s-a-massive-undertaking-putting-an-album-together-it-s-not-light/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [I always say that you define what success is to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-always-say-that-you-define-what-success-is-to-yourself/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [Down the block come kick it with me like Kung Fu, where I hung like noose they called me young bruce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/down-the-block-come-kick-it-with-me-like-kung-fu-where-i-hung-like/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) > [It's gorillas here, takes a village to raise a villain here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/it-s-gorillas-here-takes-a-village-to-raise-a-villain-here/) [Lupe Fiasco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupe-fiasco/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/lupe-fiasco/#itemlist", "name": "12 Want Quotes By Lupe Fiasco", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lupe Fiasco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life-of-me-but-i-know-what-i-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/lupe-fiasco-1146_hear_i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life_308172.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/lupe-fiasco-1146_hear_i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life_308172.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/lupe-fiasco-1146_hear_i-can-t-play-any-instrument-for-the-life_308172.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.” — Lupe Fiasco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know what I want because I know what I want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lupe Fiasco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupe-fiasco/i-know-what-i-want-because-i-know-what-i-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lupe-fiasco-1146_feel_i-know-what-i-want-because-i-know-what-i_1145383.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lupe-fiasco-1146_feel_i-know-what-i-want-because-i-know-what-i_1145383.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/lupe-fiasco-1146_feel_i-know-what-i-want-because-i-know-what-i_1145383.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know what I want because I know what I want.” — Lupe Fiasco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm not in competition with nobody. 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