J. Cole Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That's why now, even when I get tired, I think, 'This is what I asked for.'”

“I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.”

“I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'”

“I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did.”

“I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.”

“One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.”

“The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.”

“I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.”

“No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.”

“I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.”