J. Cole Quotes - Page 5

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• When you're a rapper, just a rapper, you have to kind of settle for whatever comes your way - if a beat is hot, you wanna rap on it, period.

  J. Cole

  Rap, Hot, Way

  Source: djbooth.net

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• When you're a producer on top of that, just havin' a beat that's hot is not enough. Now you know your sound, 'cause you've been workin' on your sound for so long, and now you're extra picky. You might do a beat that's ill, that the average rapper would pay big money to get on, but you don't wanna do it because you're like, "Ehhh... it's not what I'm looking for, it's not what I'm goin' for." So you're extra picky.

  J. Cole

  Rapper, Average, Long

  Source: djbooth.net

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• I don't like to think of it as being fired. Instead, I prefer to think of it as being on indefinite leave with a sabbatical flair.

  J. Cole

  Thinking, Sabbatical, Flair

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• I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.

  J. Cole

  Song, Want, Springsteen

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• I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.

  J. Cole

  Long, Guy, Age

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• Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time - it's very routine. I'm not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it's cool; it's good for me.

  J. Cole

  Cities, Routine, Structure

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• I've got two Rolexes that I'm very proud of - a gold Presidential that was a gift and a white gold one I gifted myself. I'm trying to step my game up and get a few more of those.

  J. Cole

  Games, Two, White

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• I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

  J. Cole

  Rap, Important, Stills

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• I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

  J. Cole

  Two, Feelings, Accolades

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• I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.

  J. Cole

  Kids, Cities, Downtown

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• I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

  J. Cole

  Fans, Different, Stories

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• I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I'm super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.

  J. Cole

  Religious, Demon, Acknowledge

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• 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 all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening.

  J. Cole

  Successful, Rapper, World

  "Hot Topic: J. Cole" by Katie Amey, www.elle.com. June 17, 2013.

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• Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a good day, my rapper side will jump in and start the writing process - maybe come up with a hook or start a verse. Sometimes it just happens like that. A song like 'Lights Please' happens like that.

  J. Cole

  Song, Writing, Good Day

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• I don't wanna forget the fact that I wanna be one of the best rappers. I feel like some of the best rappers ever - 2Pac, namely, one of them - could take sub-par beats or average beats and turn them into incredible songs.

  J. Cole

  Song, Rapper, Average

  Source: djbooth.net

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• When composing music, I just start spilling things out and then wait until they take form, you know what I mean, until I see like a common thread or something.

  J. Cole

  Mean, Common Threads, Waiting

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• You can't take yourself too seriously. Like, yeah, I'm doin' all that, but still I don't feel like I've done anything, really. I feel blessed 'cause I'm doin' all these things, but I'm not satisfied. I still have that feeling like, "Who am I? Who am I to have an ego? Who am I to change up and act like some Hollywood character?" Technically, in the grand scheme of things, I haven't done anything.

  J. Cole

  Blessed, Character, Ego

  Source: www.djbooth.net

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• It's the way I enjoy making art - I like sitting down and making five beats; I enjoy that process. I can go two weeks without making a song and just making beats and I'll be OK.

  J. Cole

  Song, Art, Two

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.

  J. Cole

  People, Trying, Paper

  "J. Cole's Tales Out Of School". Interview with David Shapiro, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 4, 2013.

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• When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver. You've got to give these people what they paid for. It's a different mind state, a different type of mentality, but it's honestly a pretty good problem to have, you know?

  J. Cole

  People, Giving, Mind

  "J Cole graduates to the big leagues". Interview with Michael Saba, www.cnn.com. November 8, 2011.

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• I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

  J. Cole

  Growing Up, Fighting, House

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• I didn't even have to be a big fan of someone to enjoy hearing them speak. I remember when Nikki Giovanni came - I wasn't really familiar with her. But she said some things I'll never forget. Like, okay, for example, she was talking about the amount of beef that's in the world. There are so many McDonald's, Burger Kings, Wendy's.

  J. Cole

  World, Remember, Never Forget

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I never really told anybody that I'm a rapper. I wasn't walking around being like, "Yo, check out my mixtape!" It was more of a secret grind.

  J. Cole

  Rapper, Secret, Grind

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• A lot of my music is just self-observation. Like telling you, "Oh man. What did I just do? How much did I just pay for this chain? Why did I do that? Wait a minute." Let me talk about that. Or like, the temptation. Let me talk about that. Let me observe myself.

  J. Cole

  Men, Self, Waiting

  Source: www.wbur.org

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