J. Cole Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.”

“In hip-hop, there's not a lot of love. There's not a lot of love being spread. It's always like 'I'm stuntin' on you raps, or I'm better than you raps.' It's not a lot of 'Yo man, I idolize you raps.'”

“My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.”

“I met Will Smith twice. I didn't talk to him for too long but I was trying to let him know that my age group grew up watching him - he was the coolest guy on television and the coolest guy in movies.”

“I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.”

“Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.”

“Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.”

“I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.”

“I've got two Rolexes that I'm very proud of - a gold Presidential that was a gift and a white gold one I gifted myself. I'm trying to step my game up and get a few more of those.”

“There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?”