With a net worth of an estimated $250 million, Drake (born Aubrey Drake Graham) is one of the most successful songwriters and performers of the past 20 years. The 36-year-old Toronto-born vocalist, known for songs like “Hotline Bling,” and for collaborating with other high-profile artists like Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne, is so successful that he can spend a big chunk of money on one of Tupac Shakur’s rings.
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But given all this success, one might wonder what the five-time Grammy Award winner might have to say about his craft, life and love, success, and the world around him. Here, without further ado, are the 20 Bett Drake quotes.
1. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”
2. “I’m actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, ‘Man, I said too much.’ It’s hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.”
3. “I’m mischievous, but I’m calculated.”
4. “My life is mine to remember.”
5. “‘Perfection’ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‘I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.’ I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.”
6. “There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.”
7. “It’s important for me to let my fans know I really don’t care. I’m confident.”
8. “Patience is key for getting over a breakup.”
9. “I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can’t do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can’t get, because… you know… I don’t have the tattoos; I have a different image.”
10. “I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It’s not heavy. I don’t have skeletons in the closet on their way out.”
11. “You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don’t go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.”
12. “Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along.”
13. “To go indie is a thing. But to put an album in the stores, you need a distribution label.”
14. “I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and say, ‘Oh, that’s the hook right there,’ I’ll move that to the first four bars of the verse and do a new hook.”
15. “When you’re on the road and moving from city to city, when someone isn’t there at the end of the night, you feel empty.”
16. “I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.”
17. “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.”
18. “My mother made me truly appreciate women.”
19. “I feel that when you care about your music, taking risks is something you should do to keep things exciting.”
20. “When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.”
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