The 40-year-old New Orleans-born rapper Lil Wayne might be the biggest name in the genre today. Sure, Jay Z is the mogul and Cardi B is still cementing her legacy. But Wayne? He’s the cream of the crop and has been ever since his guest appearance on “Back That Azz Up,” where he invented the phrase Drop it like it’s hot.
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But with all the awards, fans, streams, and sales, one might wonder what Wayne has to say outside of his prolific songs. The verbal, creative, imaginative M.C. sure does have a lot to say, so what does he offer outside his lyrics?
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Let’s dive into the 20 best Lil Wayne quotes.
1. “The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done… you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.”
2. “I always believe that to be the best, you have to smell like the best, dress like the best, act like the best. When you throw your trash in the garbage can, it has to be better than anybody else who ever threw trash in the garbage can.”
3. “I know it’s an experience that I need to have if God’s putting me through it.”
4. “Where I come from, the block become your daddy.”
5. “I’m not an example for how people should live their lives. Never in my life would I ever set out to be an example for people on how to live their lives. If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn’t have been born. Straight up.”
6. “I go wherever my creativity takes me.”
7. “Nothing scares me but God.”
8. “I don’t like to stop. I believe you stop when you die.”
9. “Everybody know, I don’t do no promoting. I don’t ever have to promote nothing, that’s the beauty of Lil Wayne.”
10. “I don’t look for signs. But when things happen, I say, ‘OK, something must be right.’ Or ‘OK, something must be wrong.'”
11. “I’m blessed and I thank God for every day for everything that happens for me.”
12. “Hate is only a form of love that hasn’t found a way to express itself logically.”
13. “I’m an addict, I’m addicted to success. Thankfully, there’s no rehab for success.”
14. “Don’t judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown, and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that’s about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It’s me against the world—that’s how I feel.”
15. “Honestly, I don’t listen to nobody else’s music but my own. It’s kind of like sports to me. You don’t see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game—he just works on his own game. And that’s what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things.”
16. “As long as people remember me forever, that will be enough for me.”
17. “I always knew I couldn’t sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn’t heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good.”
18. “I always do my rap from the outside looking in. Like I do my rap as if I’m looking at me rap.”
19. “I believe music should reflect yourself in some way and not just yourself at the given time. I feel that when you die or when you’re going, someone’s supposed to listen to that music and know everything about you. And I just try to get that across.”
20. “I’m always creative.”
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