--- title: "11 Want Quotes By Wale" description: "11 Want quotes by Wale. Plus more from Wale and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/wale-447_art_you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-tha_2677221.jpg" --- > [You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-that-you-want-to-make/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/wale-447_art_you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-tha_2677221.jpg) > [Most artists should be able to make the album that they want. You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/most-artists-should-be-able-to-make-the-album-that-they-want-you-don/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/wale-447_able_most-artists-should-be-able-to-make-the_1623016.jpg) > [A lot of my female fans discovered me through the passion I have for bettering myself. Not to say the dudes don't,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/a-lot-of-my-female-fans-discovered-me-through-the-passion-i-have-for/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/wale-447_based_a-lot-of-my-female-fans-discovered-me-th_2044612.jpg) > [I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/i-want-to-be-on-a-show-that-s-not-sensitive-to-racial-jokes-i-want-to/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db6/wale-447_back_i-want-to-be-on-a-show-that-s-not-sensit_1205290.jpg) > [I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/i-don-t-want-to-be-one-of-those-guys-that-you-see-who-made-4-million/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/wale-447_guy_i-don-t-want-to-be-one-of-those-guys-tha_1977174.jpg) > [The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/the-web-is-the-new-way-to-figure-out-who-s-hot-and-what-s-not-you-can/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/wale-447_because_the-web-is-the-new-way-to-figure-out-who_1189265.jpg) > [You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/you-don-t-necessarily-pick-the-singles-that-you-want-when-you-re/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/660/wale-447_artist_you-don-t-necessarily-pick-the-singles-t_2153470.jpg) > [ I want people to be like, 'Your album's just as good as Kendrick \[Lamar\]'s or Esperanza Spalding or Beck. I work just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/i-want-people-to-be-like-your-album-s-just-as-good-as-kendrick-lamar/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/wale-447_albums_i-want-people-to-be-like-your-album-s-ju_3225147.jpg) > [As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/as-much-as-i-don-t-want-to-admit-it-my-fans-are-the-only-ones-that/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/wale-447_admit_as-much-as-i-don-t-want-to-admit-it-my-f_3135337.jpg) > [All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/all-the-rappers-my-age-are-getting-audemars-and-rolexes-i-want-to/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/wale-447_age_all-the-rappers-my-age-are-getting-audem_962091.jpg) > [Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/sometimes-i-m-happy-you-can-tell-via-twitter-sometimes-i-m-pissed-off/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/wale-447_celebrity_sometimes-i-m-happy-you-can-tell-via-twi_139337.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Wale > [How they say that we not fly, how they say that we not working. They just need convincing like Malcom Little fore he converted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/how-they-say-that-we-not-fly-how-they-say-that-we-not-working-they/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [See I promised I wouldnt cop another chain. But the all I spend on these VVSs got me in that complex page, you see?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/see-i-promised-i-wouldnt-cop-another-chain-but-the-all-i-spend-on/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [The remedy is get your hustle on. Fuck a broad unless you love a broad well in that case, brother, then love her on](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/the-remedy-is-get-your-hustle-on-fuck-a-broad-unless-you-love-a-broad/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Relationships should never rewind. Better leave it all behind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/relationships-should-never-rewind-better-leave-it-all-behind/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Trust me I throw this back, she bust it like that Peter Pan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/trust-me-i-throw-this-back-she-bust-it-like-that-peter-pan/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Word...she said she love me but she lying Shit I'm lying too! Told that bitch I love her for her mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/word-she-said-she-love-me-but-she-lying-shit-i-m-lying-too-told-that/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Lord help us, my generation come to an end. Cause we all selfish, but livin' shallow, how we gon' swim?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/lord-help-us-my-generation-come-to-an-end-cause-we-all-selfish-but/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [A lot fathers showin off instead of showin up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/a-lot-fathers-showin-off-instead-of-showin-up/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Diamonds. a girl's bestfriend is what they say. but believe me, with the right aliegence you gon' shine anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/diamonds-a-girl-s-bestfriend-is-what-they-say-but-believe-me-with-the/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Charles is Charles. Wale is Wale. It's two separate entities that have nothing to do with each other and probably will never have anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/charles-is-charles-wale-is-wale-it-s-two-separate-entities-that-have/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Bad Girl's Ain't No Good && The Good Girl's Ain't No Fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/bad-girl-s-ain-t-no-good-the-good-girl-s-ain-t-no-fun/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Lust will have you slippin, love will have you stuck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/lust-will-have-you-slippin-love-will-have-you-stuck/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [She live her whole life like tv, and she would do anything for everything. Regular girl, Celebrity dreams. She is...90210.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/she-live-her-whole-life-like-tv-and-she-would-do-anything-for/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/sometimes-i-m-happy-you-can-tell-via-twitter-sometimes-i-m-pissed-off/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) > [If pray for the down fall of this nation my unborn generation will suffer from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/if-pray-for-the-down-fall-of-this-nation-my-unborn-generation-will/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/wale/#itemlist", "name": "11 Want Quotes By Wale", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-that-you-want-to-make/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/wale-447_art_you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-tha_2677221.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/wale-447_art_you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-tha_2677221.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/wale-447_art_you-re-the-artist-you-make-the-music-tha_2677221.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.” — Wale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most artists should be able to make the album that they want. 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I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/as-much-as-i-don-t-want-to-admit-it-my-fans-are-the-only-ones-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/wale-447_admit_as-much-as-i-don-t-want-to-admit-it-my-f_3135337.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/wale-447_admit_as-much-as-i-don-t-want-to-admit-it-my-f_3135337.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/wale-447_admit_as-much-as-i-don-t-want-to-admit-it-my-f_3135337.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not…” — Wale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/all-the-rappers-my-age-are-getting-audemars-and-rolexes-i-want-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/wale-447_age_all-the-rappers-my-age-are-getting-audem_962091.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/wale-447_age_all-the-rappers-my-age-are-getting-audem_962091.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/wale-447_age_all-the-rappers-my-age-are-getting-audem_962091.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. 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