David Banner Quotes

• Faith allows me to feel that as long as I'm in line with God everything will be O.K. and that I'll make it through whatever.

  David Banner

  Long, Lines, Feels

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• Our situation is more psychological than people will admit.
  Black kids kill Black kids for the same reason cops do.
  They see no value.

  David Banner

  Kids, People, Black

  FaceBook post by David Banner from Aug 10, 2014

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• If you want a man that respects the way you think then show more mind than ass.

  David Banner

  Men, Thinking, Mind

  FaceBook post by David Banner from Apr 25, 2015

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• Maybe Hell ain't a place meant for us to Burn, maybe Earth is Hell and just a place for us to Learn.

  David Banner

  Religion, Earth, Hell

  FaceBook post by David Banner from Mar 25, 2011

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• One of the worst things that happened to black people in America historically is integration. People ask me why I say that and I tell them it's because we gave up all of our control.

  David Banner

  America, People, Black

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• I will probably have a tendency to lean toward trying to resolve the issues that negatively impact black people, but the overall picture and the overall power is achieved in bringing all impoverished people together. The common denominator is pain, because we all suffer through the deaths of loved ones and eventually suffer death.

  David Banner

  Pain, Impact, Issues

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• We can't keep begging or expecting people to give us an opportunity to make a movie or to represent our culture in the right way. They're not from or neighborhoods and communities so of course they can't truly relate to our experience. It's our responsibility to properly protect our people and to properly give them opportunities for employment.

  David Banner

  Responsibility, Opportunity, People

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• I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our society. Hip hop is sick because America is sick.

  David Banner

  Reflection, America, Sick

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• My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is for black people all over the world. I began to realize that it's not as much about race as we think it is. It's about the rich vs. the poor. I feel as if the different races are pitted against one another so we won't see the bigger (financial disparity) problem.

  David Banner

  Thinking, Race, People

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• We're trying to teach artists that if you're smart enough to develop the material, then you're smart enough to market and promote the album too.

  David Banner

  Smart, Artist, Trying

  Source: www.okayplayer.com

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• My passion comes from the things that have historically happened to black people in Mississippi. I can honestly say that most of the things that I've accomplished in my life have come from my spirituality and my belief in God.

  David Banner

  Passion, People, Black

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• Of course the concept is to give people samples to get them hooked, I get that. But to continuously give away our music, that's the reason why you don't see [many] rap award shows anymore, the reason that you don't see rappers in commercials anymore; because we have allowed our music to be devalued.

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  Rap, Awards, People

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• As much as people try to pit black entertainers against one another, because of the underlying feeling that there can't be two of us, or, all of us can't do well. That's what hurts rap the most, the fact that none of us are fighting to protect the door of those who run our industry. It's enough money for all of us.

  David Banner

  Running, Hurt, Rap

  Source: www.okayplayer.com

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• I'm giving my fans the songs that they want to hear from me. Why do we love to hear ourselves being downgraded. Why do we love to hear the negative situations that we see in our lives daily? I'm not trying to make sense of it, I'm not giving any solutions, I'm just tossing the question.

  David Banner

  Song, Giving, Trying

  Source: www.okayplayer.com

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• [Big K.R.I.T] is a person who wants to make sure that the music is here for the kids when our time passes. He's a respectful and respected man. He has a level of respect for me, and I definitely have a level of respect for him.

  David Banner

  Kids, Men, Levels

  Source: www.okayplayer.com

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• We get better product when the focus is on the fans and the artists - all artists; musical artists; singers, the graphic designers, the painters, the DJs, I mean everybody, the writers. We can't allow ourselves to feel as if we're not important in the equation when we are everything!

  David Banner

  Mean, Artist, Focus

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• I'm proud of [Big] K.R.I.T., I'm proud that the person that came after me shares so many similar views [as mine]. From him being a producer, to him being a God-fearing man - being political in a sense that he wants to see the poverty-stricken do better. He wants to be the spokesperson for them.

  David Banner

  Men, Views, God Fearing Man

  Source: www.okayplayer.com

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• I realize it's about the artists and about the fans. Those are the people who truly have the power. It's like politics, we give away our power to representatives and we give it away to our President. That's what I'm showing with this 2-M-1 movement.

  David Banner

  Artist, People, Giving

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• We have to be very clear about what we're doing to our music. We're giving away free albums. Now think about the psyche of the ordinary man, we don't respect anything that's free. Anything that we get easy has no validity.

  David Banner

  Men, Thinking, Giving

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