Big Sean Quotes

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Big Sean

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 25, 1988

When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.

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I grew up on the west side of Detroit - 6 mile and Wyoming - so I was really in the 'hood. And I would go to school at Detroit Waldorf, and that was not the 'hood. Growing up in Detroit was good. I had a good perspective, a well-rounded one, and not being one-sided.

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I definitely consider myself a Christian. There's things that I believe in, there's things I have a self-belief on. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I really want to help teach that.

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Even though it's tiring, I'm having the time of my life.

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My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.

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I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am.

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People don't realize I'm a very spiritual person.

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I come from a family of scholars who got their Master's degrees. To my grandma - and to a lot of people - an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.

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My music is the essence of Detroit. At one time, we were the center of the world, man - Motor City.

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G.O.O.D. Music is just real tastemakers, man. Kanye's a real tastemaker. One thing that I feel is tight about G.O.O.D. is that a lot of people have their own style, and you can see that. My style is different than Pusha's, it's different than Cudi's. But it's also slightly similar 'cause we have some similar tastes.

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Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.

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I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.

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For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

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I waste a lot of money buying the same pair of shoes.

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I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold.

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There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky.

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I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.

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I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

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I was a telemarketer in my senior year at high school. I had to sell prosthetic limbs to paralysed veterans. I was making 150 bucks a week and it was horrible.

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I hate all the old pictures of me before 2010 - and they are always the first ones to come up. That's why I don't Google myself, man.

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