Deep down in my heart and what I've seen and what I've been around, there is nothing better than Islam. — Dave East Copy Share Image
A lot of creativity coming from the east side of Harlem. It really built my character and who I am. — Dave East Character Copy Share Image
I just value my family's opinion as far as my music goes because that's the ones that really know you. — Dave East Family Copy Share Image
I've been able to provide for my family, move out of Harlem and travel the world. — Dave East Family 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 Copy Share Image
I always had a gift with writing. I can really write. I always felt like I can write movies or somehow get… — Dave East 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 Copy Share Image
Honestly, I want to make more music for the women. I rather have a show full of girls, but I still gotta… — Dave East Copy Share Image
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
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 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 Copy Share Image
No matter how dope you are, if you ain't really built, if you ain't put that groundwork in, you gonna flop. Nobody… — Dave East Copy Share Image
My standout moment I would have to say was when 'Black Rose' dropped and getting the co-sign from Nas and The LOX.… — Dave East Copy Share Image
If you're a fan of anything I do, I'm always telling a story. I'm into that - I like it when you… — Dave East 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 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 Copy Share Image
I want to be one of the greats. I feel like the money and all that is going to come, but I… — Dave East Copy Share Image
I wouldn't tell nobody to sign no slave deal or sign your life away or nothing like that, but if the deal… — Dave East Fool Copy Share Image
Everybody knows I smoke, drink, and be up in the club, but I don't want that to be my entire thing. I… — Dave East 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
Spanish Harlem is like every ghetto in America. There's every distraction possible. To make it up out of there is really a… — Dave East America Copy Share Image
I always tell people, I never get writer's block because it's coming straight from my brain, like, real-life experiences. I'm like the… — Dave East Brain Copy Share Image
The Netflix thing with Nas is more of a documentary, where we kind of... talk. We go to my neighborhood. You get… — Dave East Documentary Copy Share Image
Since the '80s, Harlem has the place to go. Before the '80s, just as far as hip-hop go, Harlem has always been… — Dave East Copy Share Image
Islam really brought a discipline to my life that I didn't really have before. My old mindset was if they ain't helping… — Dave East Discipline Copy Share Image
