Gang Quote by Ben Eine

I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti…

— JR

When I was 12, I decided to become a musician. 'Physical Graffiti' was the first album I ever owned.

— Jeff Buckley

I got arrested for graffiti. I got arrested - a lot of, like, underage drinking, drunk in public, shoplifting, you know, your various, like,…

— James Franco

I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.

— F. Murray Abraham

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

— Anonymous

I wanted to be a gangsta from birth, not because of the music but moreso what I was seeing, what my uncles were doing.…

— Freddie Gibbs

As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got caught up…

— Bernie Mac

I was raised inside the gang culture.

— Kendrick Lamar

I didn't have much of a life in crime as a graffiti writer.

— Ryan McGinley

I first started rapping when I heard the Sugarhill Gang in 1979, when I was 11 years old in seventh grade.

— E-40

As long as I could remember I always wanted to be a gangster.

— Henry Hill

I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night…

— Muhammad Ali