I think what sets a New York rapper apart from other rappers from other places is just being from New York. — Dave East Being Copy Share Image
You always hear rappers say they don't write, but they're not really talking about anything. — Dave East Always Copy Share Image
Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come. — Dave East Mentality Copy Share Image
I'm still an athlete at heart, so I always want that comfort and something that feels like an athletic shoe. — Dave East Always Copy Share Image
I think my music is more personal than most of the music I'm hearing. — Dave East Hearing Copy Share Image
Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming… — Dave East Far Copy Share Image
When I'm out of town, I always try to get some readings or some type of new information to where I'm learning… — Dave East Best Copy Share Image
I feel like rap fit me better. I could hoop. I could have went and did that, but this is my lifestyle,… — Dave East Better Copy Share Image
The reception on 'P2' has been crazy. Every show on the tour has been sold-out. I didn't think people were gonna catch… — Dave East Crazy Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do something I knew I could love to wake up and do every day, and rap was just… — Dave East Day Copy Share Image
Islam has a negative outlook on it around the world based on what the media tries to show. They not showing the… — Dave East Around the world Copy Share Image
When I go back to my hood, Queens, Brooklyn, or here in L.A., the people that's not famous, that's what inspires me. — Dave East Brooklyn Copy Share Image
I feel like I've mastered Dave East. For a long time I was trying to figure out who I was and what… — Dave East Come Copy Share Image
My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that… — Dave East Ball player Copy Share Image
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're… — Dave East Change Copy Share Image
I wanna be in a movie, I wanna have a clothing line, I wanna put myself in a position where, when I'm… — Dave East Clothing line Copy Share Image
I was incarcerated for a little while in Baltimore, and my celly was Muslim. I was watching him pray every day, and… — Dave East Day Copy Share Image
I feel like a lyricist is somebody that writes their own lyrics. Now songwriters and lyricists are two totally different things. You… — Dave East Feelings Copy Share Image
I want to eventually get to a point where I can make all types of music for every type of crowd. — Dave East Crowd Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be sitting across the table with the owner of Hennessy. — Dave East Across Copy Share Image
I think R. Kelly is twisted, sick-minded, nasty, perverted - he different. I don't know anybody like R. Kelly. — Dave East He Copy Share Image
