American - Musician | January 12, 1970 -
When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.
Raekwon
OpportunityThinkYouCareerLand
I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.
PersonJumpNeverWithoutOutUp
As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.
MusicHistoryGreatTimeCreative
I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
MusicArtDaySayingRememberEnjoy
So my thing is we want come in and diffuse anything that's not real, anything that doesn't associate with real hip-hop. We want to be the one that says, 'Yo, we want to help build and build a bigger and better industry.' I'm just like, 'Yo, with talent from Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec. Who's paying attention?'
TalentBetterHelpAttentionWant
You know the things I went through as a youngster, coming into the business, all the good, the bad and the ugly that came. I'd had a rough life. I grew up single parent. My mom, she was like a father to me.
LifeGoodFatherBusinessUglyMom
I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
CrazyJewelryReadyLostGoSay
When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain't stick on the wall.
WorkMusicPeopleFeelYouWall
So for me, I had to get something going to promote the new project that I got. I decided to come with the 'Lost Jewelry' EP, which is a mixtape but it's more sexier because it's all fresh music.
MusicMeJewelryLostNewProject
I stay excited 'cause for me, this is something I love to do. I'm like Coca Cola with it. I been here for a long time, I just gotta keep it nice and stay up to date and also give them that quality taste that they been looking for. It's nothing to me. When you built for it, you born for it, you do it cuz you wanna do it, not cuz you have to.
LoveTimeQualityMeLookingYou
We strivin' for perfection.
Perfection
I'm not an artist that strays away from my fans. Nah, everybody is open to come and talk to me respectfully and I'm going to give them the same respect.
RespectMeArtistTalkOpenFans
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Raekwon quotes