SonReal Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“I'm from a middle class family. I didn't grow-up rich, but I didn't grow-up poor. Each guy has to stick to his own story.”
-- SonReal

#Growing Up #Class #Guy

“I'm really just tryna bring it home for my city, I'm trying so hard to be the best I can be on every record I do, every feature I do and every different city I go to.”
-- SonReal

#Home #Cities #Trying

“Its just tryna impress the world and then realizing that, that doesn't even matter really, you gotta impress yourself.”
-- SonReal

#World #Matter #Realizing

“Me, personally, I'm just happy. I have a great mother. I have two great sisters. I couldn't ask for more. I'm healthy. I do what I love.”
-- SonReal

#Mother #Two #Healthy

“I'm just gonna do my own kinda swag of kinda dumbing something down and speaking some knowledge.”
-- SonReal

#Swag #Down And #My Own

“My struggle and my story is very much so somebody that was just kind of [an] underdog. I didn't have any cosigns, I wasn't even really good at rap, I'm one of those dudes that was never just crazy and amazing, I had to work my ***** ***** off to get good at this stuff.”
-- SonReal

#Crazy #Rap #Struggle

“My first official music video for "Who Am I." It's getting crazy traffic and a lot of hype. I got sponsored by a company called MATIX because of it.”
-- SonReal

#Crazy #Hype #Video

“Look at somebody like Drake, the guy is one of the most vulnerable. He says exactly what's on his mind and that's why I respect him.”
-- SonReal

#Guy #Mind #Looks

“I feel like I've got the skills to be at the top, I feel like I've got the mind-state, so basically what I'm saying is there's people all around me, there's artists all around me that are in my zone, but I still feel alone. I feel like I can't relate to them as much as I can related to maybe somebody that was a little bit higher up.”
-- SonReal

#Artist #Skills #People

“I think my music has a big message, and I think when people really get into it, it does help their life sometimes. It inspires me; it's my favorite part about my job.”
-- SonReal

#Jobs #Thinking #People

“Who knows what the future holds but I think I'll always be that dude that can run hooks, and do hooks for other artists, and really know how to make a catchy hook.”
-- SonReal

#Running #Artist #Thinking

“Even if you don't sing on your tracks, if you know how to sing, it'll probably help you out.”
-- SonReal

#Track #Helping #Know How

“I'm just starting to take some more voice lessons but hell no, I'll always stick into the hip-hop genre.”
-- SonReal

#Voice #Hip Hop #Lessons

“Nobody's gonna ever like all my music but if your talking about the core hip-hop fans that like hardcore rap, they're still gonna feel some of my stuff cuz I rap hard a lot of the time.”
-- SonReal

#Rap #Talking #Hip Hop

“My good friend Josh Bibby happens to be a pro skier and has used my music in 2 international ski films.”
-- SonReal

#Good Friend #Film #Used

“I've also worked with various producers and artists around the world, which has helped with my international recognition. We've sold a lot of albums online in places like Norway and France. Sometimes we track my hits online daily and we are getting regular hits from people all over the place.”
-- SonReal

#Artist #People #Track

“That's one of my struggles as a hip-hop artist. If I feel like doing a super conscious song where I don't even rap.”
-- SonReal

#Song #Rap #Struggle

“A couple years ago it was really hard for me to sing, because there's so much pressure in hip-hop to be a certain way. My biggest thing right now is doing me, because I'm not like other rappers.”
-- SonReal

#Couple #Rapper #Years

“I work with a lot of production that's really positive and contains a lot of soul stuff. Those instrumentals project the happiness out of me. But, sometimes I get a darker beat, with some dark piano or something... and then I'll do darker tracks.”
-- SonReal

#Dark #Piano #Track

“I'm working on a mixtape called I Made Hip-Hop Smile. It's going to be a free online mixtape. I think it's going to get some crazy buzz. We have a few marketing campaigns, that I think are going to make it pull through.”
-- SonReal

#Crazy #Thinking #Hip Hop

“I just know that there's a spot for me in the industry.”
-- SonReal

#Spots #Knows #Industry

“I'm more motivated, and I'm just working harder every single day, so it shows in the music, and it shows in the fan base, it shows in all areas when you're bringing it like that.”
-- SonReal

#Fans #Motivated #Shows

“People know who I am, but I'm feeling so lonely in the middle area, because I feel like I should be at the top.”
-- SonReal

#Lonely #Who I Am #People

“I think every rapper should know how to sing, like a little bit. I mean common man it'll make your rapping better straight up.”
-- SonReal

#Rap #Mean #Men

“I'm always gonna rap. Rapping's what I started doing, I even sang when I first started rapping, when I couldn't really sing at all but I always tried.”
-- SonReal

#Rap #Firsts

“No matter how high I get, I always wanna humble myself.”
-- SonReal

#Humble #Matter

“I would hope when I do blow up that I can keep that same mentality. I think I will because I'm the kinda dude that no matter how far I take something, I always wanted to be higher.”
-- SonReal

#Blow #Thinking #Matter

“Privacy I think gets invaded when you start being honest.”
-- SonReal

#Thinking #Honest #Privacy

“Usually when fans find out about my music for the first time, they're like "Oh this guy's actually for real!" And it's just like yea, you found Waldo.”
-- SonReal

#Real #Guy #Fans

“I'm just gonna be honest and if I feel something, I'm just gonna say it! Once I started doing that, my music just got better.”
-- SonReal

#Honest #Being Honest #Feels