Donald Glover Quotes & Sayings

I think the best music videos are the ones that have nothing to do with the song. Those are all my favorites. — Donald Glover

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are. — Donald Glover

Kept looking for something to be in with. Follow someone's blueprint. But you have to be on your own. — Donald Glover

To all my fans who's saying Donald Glover about to blow, just give me six months so you can say I told you so. — Donald Glover

Dress like a gentleman, but my mouth is never civilized. — Donald Glover

I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper. — Donald Glover

You used to have to beg and be the busboy to do standup. I got on Community because people saw my videos on YouTube, which were free. — Donald Glover

Most people think I'm Danny Glover's son when they meet me. So when they ask, I say 'No, I'm Crispin Glover's son.' Then we stare at each other for a long time. — Donald Glover

We had a teacher, named Mr. Brown, and he was writing something on the board once - he was writing something on the board, and he farted. And you would have thought kids had seen the face of God. Kids weren't even laughing; they were just sitting there screaming, just screaming. Kids had to get carted out; kids were screaming. Kids had to get carted out, and they were going to the nurses' office. Kids are crying in the hallway. 'Oh, this is our 9/11.' And it was. It was their 9/11 'cause they never thought anything like that could ever happen. — Donald Glover

I like horror films and romance films. Films where you're going in being like, 'I'm coming here to be scared or to fall in love.' You have a goal. — Donald Glover

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome. — Donald Glover

A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out. — Donald Glover

I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing. — Donald Glover

One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation." — Donald Glover

You're always allowed to be better. — Donald Glover

I'm trying hard not to use a specific reference, but you'll probably know it's you after the first sentence. — Donald Glover

L.A. is such a different place. I miss New York so much. I almost teared up when I came back and wanted a Guinness and realized I could drink it and take a cab home. I remembered that I could be a functional alcoholic in New York, like I used to be! — Donald Glover

I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there. — Donald Glover

Don't add an eezy to my name, 'cause it has never been that' — Donald Glover

People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it. — Donald Glover

You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty. — Donald Glover

The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas. — Donald Glover

It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before — Donald Glover

When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky. — Donald Glover

I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. — Donald Glover

I'm a big PAX person ... just because it's accessible. I feel like between the weed and the wax it's kind of like BetaMax and VHS. You can carry it around, people don't really know what it is, no smell. — Donald Glover

Girls are supposed to dance. That's why God gave them parts that jiggle. — Donald Glover

We're afraid to move on, that's why there's so much nostalgia on the internet ... 'cause we don't wanna look forward, that's scary. — Donald Glover

If you like strange, specific stuff - that's a nerd. Kanye West is a black nerd. He likes strange, specific stuff. If you go up to Kanye West and say, 'Hey, what are your favorite things?' He'll be like, 'Robots and teddy bears.' That's a nerd. — Donald Glover

A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds. — Donald Glover

I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper. — Donald Glover

I hate it when you really think you're getting something good ... and you don't listen to your dudes when you really should. — Donald Glover

I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them. — Donald Glover

I'd much rather have AIDS than a baby ... They're not that different at all. They're both expensive, you have them for the rest of your life, they're constant reminders of the mistakes you've made and once you have them, you pretty much can only date other people who have them. — Donald Glover

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall. — Donald Glover

They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real. — Donald Glover

I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do. — Donald Glover

Don't be mad cuz I'm doing me better than you doing you. — Donald Glover

I refuse to go back to not liking who I was. — Donald Glover

You can't live your life on a bus... — Donald Glover

I don't want to sit there and be like, 'Oh, I don't care what the audience thinks.' It does matter to me. I just want them to think, to be honest. — Donald Glover

My swag is always capital and live in north Virginia. — Donald Glover

Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego. — Donald Glover

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing. — Donald Glover

When I wanna be a superhero I just wake up. — Donald Glover

I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it. — Donald Glover

Suicide is kinda dumb to me. If I wanna kill myself I will. It's not hard to die, I could do it like right now. But why is everybody pretending like everything's ok, Everything's not ok. We are more connected than we've ever been, But I feel more alone than I've ever been. — Donald Glover

I don't even think I'm that good at rapping, but I think what makes a great rapper - what CAN make a great rapper - is someone who wants to be better. — Donald Glover

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect? — Donald Glover

If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right. — Donald Glover

Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room. — Donald Glover

Taking a call girl to an STD fair ... there's a joke here. — Donald Glover

The worst is feeling worthless. — Donald Glover

Why does every girl in the world wanna date me? Especially right now man, especially when I'm busy! — Donald Glover

When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant - just start throwing poop at the walls. People be like, 'What are you doing?' 'Someone called him the n-word. — Donald Glover

You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that? — Donald Glover

I try to be me to the utmost. — Donald Glover

Yes I'm grown and sexy, and I'm worth the wait. Girls act like I'm the only dude on earth to date. — Donald Glover

We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie. — Donald Glover

I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one
'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons — Donald Glover

Rapper, just puts so much connotation on who you are and what is exposed. Even if a lot of it is out-dated, people still bring a lot to it. — Donald Glover

I just keep losing. I mean, some people just...are supposed to lose? For balance in the universe? I mean, like, are there just some people on earth who...are supposed to be here just to make it easier for the winners? — Donald Glover

Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last. — Donald Glover

I feel like ... I don't have a wife, I don't have a kids, but ... I see rappers and I'm like, I know that's fake. I know how much you make, this is all bullshit. But people are buying into it, and you shouldn't have that power. I'm legit trying to make honest moves so that all of us can grow. I want to make a show where my sister can work on and become a producer because she can't get in, no one's leting her. I want to make things where people can actually grow. A place where people can actually be honest. — Donald Glover

Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage. — Donald Glover

It makes me wonder what this rapping shits a hobby for, oh that's right, because I'm gifted in another field, and another field, and another field. — Donald Glover

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits. — Donald Glover

Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good. — Donald Glover

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh? — Donald Glover

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have. — Donald Glover

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things. — Donald Glover

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are. — Donald Glover

I feel like guys don't think it's cool to use emojis. I'm like, that's so whack. Emojis help so much. They really do give context to something. — Donald Glover

I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of that. While I was doing 'Mystery Team,' I started practicing stand-up. While I was doing stand up, I got 'Community.' It's like I planted trees six years ago, and now they have fruit. — Donald Glover

If you're on Twitter, what you're saying is, 'I'm important enough for you to care what I think.' — Donald Glover

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me. — Donald Glover

I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty! — Donald Glover

Girls who used to tell me I ain't cool enough now text me pics saying you can tear this up! — Donald Glover

I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun. — Donald Glover

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight. — Donald Glover

When you think of the former high school football star, you think 6-foot-2, white, meathead as the model for that kind of character. Since I'm not 6-foot-2 or white, I just thought about what I could bring to it. I thought about Smash Williams from 'Friday Night Lights,' like the cocky quarterback, and played around with that. — Donald Glover

I am what I am, everything I wanna be — Donald Glover

But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into. — Donald Glover

May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary. — Donald Glover

Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell. — Donald Glover

I lost my virginity junior year of college, I was 21 ... I was awkward, and I was raised Jehovah's Witness so I thought sex was bad, I thought I was going to go to hell, and get AIDS immediately. — Donald Glover

Never kiss in public, but at home I am affectionate. — Donald Glover

You have all the shine you ever need. Don't let people say you don't. — Donald Glover

I don't talk soft, that's that other dude. — Donald Glover

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool. — Donald Glover

If I'm a faggot spell it right, I got way more than two G's — Donald Glover

There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like the Michael Jordan of rap if you applied yourself." There's a lot of people who are better at basketball than Michael Jordan, but Michael Jordan just wanted to be Michael Jordan, more. — Donald Glover

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever. — Donald Glover

I try and go to as many places as possible. It's really cool that I even get to see different places. — Donald Glover