G-Eazy Quotes:

Success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.

source: - Source: thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Kings, Long, Fans

If you push yourself to stay hungry, you're always working towards at least taking steps forward. If you're taking steps forward, then you're making progress.

source: - Source: thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Progress, Steps, Hungry, Always Working

I've put myself in this position where I haven't set myself up with a Plan B. I don't have a safety net; it's all in.

source: - Source: thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Safety, Plan B, Plans

I think the special stuff [music] still finds a way to be heard, as long as you pair it with a good release strategy.

Topics: Thinking, Long, Special

I am involved in every step of the process [musicmaking]. Whether it is the production or the mixing or the visuals and music videos. I'm involved in every step of the way as far as the creative, directing and merchandise . Just making sure everything that falls in line with my brand is portrayed a certain type of way. It all about quality control and attention to detail, and making sure anything you put your name on is on point.

Topics: Fall, Names, Creative, Quality Control

If I didn't make a single song in two months, I'm slippin'. You can't just party every night.

Topics: Song, Party, Night

I'm a Gemini, so there's two people in me. Straight up. There's the nerd who is totally zoned out in the studio, EQ-ing this kick drum, raising this snare one decibel, or swapping this high hat out for another. Then there's the other side who's a performer. I have to go out on stage and be electric, a fire cracker, just run around the stage and give a show.

source: - Source: 215mag.com

Topics: Running, Two, Fire, Swapping

Life is good. I've got a apartment that is paid for with rap money. It's good. It's amazing. It's a blessing. I wake up every day and appreciate how much of a blessing this is getting to do this. But it is important to always stay humble, grounded, focused, and maintain that same ambition you had when you had nothing.

source: - Source: 215mag.com

Topics: Rap, Ambition, Humble, Stay Humble

Sometimes when you meet stars, on one hand you're like, "You're who I'm inspired by, you're who I look up to." On the other hand you're like, "I wanna be in the same kind of shoes that you're in." That's how I've always seen myself. Some of me is star-struck, some of me feels like I'm looking at a peer. They're another person who sees the world the same way I do, who already did it. It's inspiring.

Topics: Stars, Hands, Shoes

Whenever I perform I try to connect with the crowd and give off energy so when they walk away from the show its remarkable and its something they talk about it, like 'damn I cant wait to come back to my show.'

Topics: Giving, Waiting, Trying

The biggest thing for me is the new music. I'm playing a lot of new music that is not released yet on my tours. Seeing the reaction to that is super inspiring.

Topics: Reactions

What inspires me is the desire to be on. The desire to be successful. The desire to reach people through my music and make a living off it and never have to do anything else. Being able to do music full time and travel the world and share this music with everybody. That's the dream.

source: - Source: thesource.com

Topics: Dream, Successful, People

I was 14 years old when I started rapping and I was terrible. I fell in love with it though and when that happens with me I become super passionate and go all the way with it.

Topics: Rap, Years, Way

I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.

source: - "The Recognitions". Book by William Gaddis, "Anselm", p. 457, 1955.

Topics: Powerful, Philosophy, Simple, Sophistication

A song or an album is never really done. You can work on it forever, but knowing when to call it a day and knowing when to walk away from it is extremely important.

Topics: Song, Knowing, Forever

Less is more. Simplicity is awesome. That's all you need in life. Its just my personal philosophy.

Topics: Philosophy, Simplicity, Less Is More, Personal Philosophy

I didnt grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, Ive never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.

Topics: Growing Up, White, People

I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.

Topics: Oakland, California, Grew Up

I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.

Topics: Jobs, Enough

I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around.

Topics: Artist, White, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Artist

I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.

source: - "G-Eazy: 'I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop'". Interview with Paul MacInnes, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2014.

Topics: Hair, Sixth Grade, Grades

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.

Topics: Thinking, Records, Firsts, Back In The Day

Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.

Topics: Dirty, Clothes, Black

I think it's important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.

Topics: Thinking, Risk, Important

If you get comfortable, that's how you fall off.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Fall, Ifs, Comfortable

Nothing tops making a living off your passion.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Passion, Making A Living

Lost in this young world, I'm just trying to navigate See the pie sliced, I'm just trying to grab a plate.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Pie, Trying, World

Never give up and never conform.

source: - Source: www.axs.com

Topics: Giving Up, Giving, Never Giving Up

In anything I do I try to stay true to myself because I think that's what matters most, and then the challenge is getting all these different sides of my personality to fit together in one box. It isn't an easy task. But that's basically what the end result represents.

source: - Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

Topics: Thinking, What Matters, Personality, Different Sides, Easy Tasks

I wear what I like to wear, I don't pick out clothes to try to fit in or whatever, I just like what I like.

Topics: Clothes, Trying, Fit

I think when people get comfortable is when they fall off.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Fall, Thinking, People

I listen to a wide array of music, all depends on the mood I'm in at the time.

source: - Source: www.axs.com

Topics: Mood, Depends, Wide

I dunno, there were always people believing in me, but you just gotta be confident in whatever you wanna do.

Topics: Believe, People, Be Confident

It's important to push yourself to get better at your craft - whatever that is. It's important to grow and evolve with each project.

Topics: Get Better, Important, Crafts

I grew up on the bus, or riding my bike, or catching the subway, I've never had a car. In college, any girl I ever dated had a car, too.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Girl, College, Car

In my dorm room, I was a hermit making music, I've always had a sense of urgency that I don't have forever to make this happen.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Forever, Rooms, Dorms, Dorm Rooms, Sense Of Urgency

I always think I'm going to record a lot on tour but it's always hard to fit it in the schedule, and there's a whole lotta' other extra curricular activities that happen on the road.

source: - Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

Topics: Thinking, Records, Schedules

I've never had a car. Like I can drive, but I'm always at the risk of killing people.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: People, Car, Risk

If you're not putting enough time into the music, there's not gonna be a whole lot of it. So in my eyes, success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Kings, Eye, Long

Thing is, I wasn't in the library, didn't study too much, didn't get the best grades, but honestly, I didn't party a lot either. I stayed in a lot.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Party, Library, Too Much

While I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last?

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Rapper, Long, Lasts

I'd have to say the best part of being successful is being able to take care of my mom so she never has to worry about anything again and also being able to put my friends and people I care about in positions to win.

source: - Source: www.axs.com

Topics: Mom, Successful, Winning

I want to tell every fan that I appreciate them with a retweet or reply but I don't want my account to lose my own tweets. I don't my fans to have to go through a bunch of replies to get to my own tweets right? In the big picture though I do read all of the tweets and I appreciate all of my followers and my fans.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Appreciate, Want, Fans, Retweet

I suppose sometimes the lack of privacy can be a little hard to deal with at times.

source: - Source: www.axs.com

Topics: Littles, Privacy, Sometimes

I just always wanted a platform. In the past, I always dreamed of having a following and a fan base - you know, a group of people just listening and paying attention to what I was making. I think the reality kicked in that you have to make a living so that you have enough time to keep creating, you know? 'Cause if you're not making a living at this, then you're making a living working another job, and if you're working another job, you're spending all your time doing that and can't put enough time into the music.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Jobs, Past, Reality

I just want to make music that matters, that people will remember for a long time.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Long, People, Matter

I think any time you're at the end of a trip you're usually pretty ready to come home and start working regularly again.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Home, Thinking, Ends

I think it's important to say something. If you're making music it's kinda' like, oh, cool, so is everyone else.

source: - Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

Topics: Thinking, Important, Ifs

I've matured as a person and so has the music... It's gotten more sophisticated and interesting I think.

Topics: Thinking, Interesting, Sophisticated

When you're choosing the track list and the sequencing, it's important to make sure that there's some strong concepts on there and that it matters and it says something... that it sticks with people.

source: - Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

Topics: Strong, People, Track, Sequencing

Anybody can have a great album in themselves but it's not until you bring it out and put it into tangible form and creating it and working on it in the studio that all of that comes to life you know what I mean?

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Mean, Creating, Albums

I don't come to Toronto often, so when I'm there it's always special and rare which I think makes it very exciting for my fans.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Thinking, Special, Fans

A great song can come from anybody. A great performance can come from anybody. It doesn't matter who you are, and that's truly what I believe.

source: - Source: ambrosiaforheads.com

Topics: Song, Believe, Matter, Great Performance

I stuck with my education, you know, I really did that for my grandma. It meant a lot to her that I finished school and in the grand scheme of things it was her who had saved and helped provide for me this opportunity to go to school.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Grandma, School, Opportunity, Finished School

Toronto is amazing, it's one of my favourite cities to visit. Toronto and Montreal are just super dope places.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Dope, Favourite City, Cities

It's a really good time for California right now in music.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: California, Good Times, Right Now

If you think about rap and how it has become so much easier to record music and release it, and you think about everyone in the world being a 'rapper' these days, it's so much easier. But it's still as hard as ever to break through and truly be successful in this industry.

source: - Source: www.thecomeupshow.com

Topics: Rap, Successful, Thinking

When you put a tour together you really just think about who you'd like on your bill, who would make sense and who you would want to live with basically for a couple months and be around with and work with.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Couple, Thinking, Together

In a sense, touring is crazy. You go city to city playing the show over and over again. But there's something magic about being in front of people, so it's not like going through the motions every night. It's a different experience.

source: - Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

Topics: Crazy, Night, Cities

There's a crazy energy in Toronto. I think some of that may be from being a border from where I'm from and being so close.

source: - Source: bestfan.com

Topics: Crazy, Thinking, Energy

I'm on this raised-platform-stage and I'm put on display, but at the same time I'm just a human. I'm just a regular person at the end of the day and, you know, I just want them to know that I do appreciate every single one of them.

source: - Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

Topics: Appreciate, The End Of The Day, Want

Music meant more to me than a social life and just hangin out. haha just being tired of repacking my suit case every couple of days, and anytime i wanted to cop some new clothes i would have to throw away something I had to make room in the suitcase.

Topics: Couple, Tired, Clothes, Haha, New Clothes