Best Kendrick Lamar Quotes & Sayings

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards? — Kendrick Lamar

If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name. — Kendrick Lamar

Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like. — Kendrick Lamar

I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey. — Kendrick Lamar

Just let me be me, That's the only way I know. — Kendrick Lamar

I stole a Bible, is that a sin? — Kendrick Lamar

I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make. — Kendrick Lamar

Me and Kendrick [Lamar] have different types of music. He from a different coast; we ain't in the same lane. — Meek Mill

There are artists that are using computers in all genres - Kendrick Lamar's music is electronic-made, and Taylor Swift is the same thing. There's a lot of pop music, underground music, and music for films made with computers. In that sense, it's not going to go away. — Skrillex

I don't talk about these things if I haven't lived them, and I've hurt people in my life. It's something I still have to think about when I sleep at night. — Kendrick Lamar

The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you're making a mistake but let you go on with it, that's when it ruins your mind state as an artist. — Kendrick Lamar

You really can't categorize my music, it's human music. — Kendrick Lamar

My mind is living on cloud 9 and this 9 is never on vacation. — Kendrick Lamar

I'm standing on a field full of landmines doing the moonwalk hoping i blow up in time — Kendrick Lamar

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do. — Kendrick Lamar

I promised myself as a kid that I would not become that guy. So I have my finger on the pulse of what is going on and I love relevant music today. We are talking about artists like Kendrick Lamar, School Boy Q, Absoul, that whole crew. Of course Evidence and Alchemist, those guys are my brothers and I love those guys, they have been lifelong friends but I have always sort of looked up to them artistically. — Shane Bunting

It's that find some inspiration, it's that crack the installation, it's that quantum jump and that fist pump and that bomb detonation... — Kendrick Lamar

Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct. — Kendrick Lamar

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble. — Kendrick Lamar

Believe in God, it's only one God. F*** all that religion s***. Believe in one God, and do right. Try your best to do right, we ain't perfect. Just do that and everything will be straight, — Kendrick Lamar

Hip-hop and being a pro athlete go hand in hand. When they come together, it's a win, not just for your business brand but also for culture. — Kendrick Lamar

You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability. — Kendrick Lamar

There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually have fun to, and not be in depth and think about, then I appreciate that. — Kendrick Lamar

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both. — Kendrick Lamar

Being able to tell one from start to finish, and making that puzzle come together at the end. That's the art for me. — Kendrick Lamar

I don't vote. I don't do no voting. — Kendrick Lamar

The ultimate thing I want to do in making music is to be able to inspire somebody else. — Kendrick Lamar

The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and expressing yourself however you want to. — Kendrick Lamar

We all seem to stumble, planning our own demise,
Getting the big picture, and making it wallet-sized. — Kendrick Lamar

I'd rather not live like there isn't a God Then die and find out there really is Think about it — Kendrick Lamar

What separated me from all my homeboys is the fact that I didn't get caught inside the reality. I was always dreaming about doing something else or going somewhere else. — Kendrick Lamar

The Universe energy doesn't lie. — Kendrick Lamar

We hurt people that love us, love people that hurt us — Kendrick Lamar

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that. — Kendrick Lamar

I aint a drinker Im a thinker, call it what you want — Kendrick Lamar

When I go into the studio - it [words] has to sound the way I heard it in my head. So that's probably one of the biggest things that separates me when I'm working in the studio - just how I hear certain things. — Kendrick Lamar