I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
You go to any town, any city, any state in America and there's always a McDonald's. In a lot of places around… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I didn't even have to be a big fan of someone to enjoy hearing them speak. I remember when Nikki Giovanni came… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
In marriage you got to go through the same struggles as a relationship, that's if the relationship is real, because there's a… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
In my mind, New York was the place where they had the underground rap shows and I could get in on some… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy.… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Sold my soul to Satan. I've been dancing with the devil. So when you get to hell you can say you know me. I'm… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I truly believe that I make my path and I set my course, and where I land, at the end of the day, or… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious - like, I don't remember them ever being together. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Yeah school girl, cool girl. Your dress is sexy and your momma is a cougar. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
When I first started rapping, when I switched my style to more like a punch line style - this is when I'm like 13… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball,… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
We got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em, Look at the nation, that's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten. — J. Cole Copy Share Image
I seen a baby cry seconds later he laughs... the beauty of life, the pain never lasts. — J. Cole Copy Share Image