Dave East Quotes

Dave East

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 3, 1988

Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.

Dave East

I'm never gonna sell my soul or violate myself for no amount of dollars or fame.

Dave East

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

Dave East

I wanna go to every country on the Earth.

Dave East

I want to be one of the greats. I feel like the money and all that is going to come, but I want to be a name that, like, when you say Nas or Jay Z, that's forever.

Dave East

No matter how dope you are, if you ain't really built, if you ain't put that groundwork in, you gonna flop. Nobody gonna fill those arenas.

Dave East

I've been able to provide for my family, move out of Harlem and travel the world.

Dave East

I always had a gift with writing. I can really write. I always felt like I can write movies or somehow get into that.

Dave East

I always tell people, I never get writer's block because it's coming straight from my brain, like, real-life experiences. I'm like the news. I'm just reporting it for myself.

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I am not going to lie - my looks helped me.

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A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.

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I'm never really trying to focus on one aim.

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I just value my family's opinion as far as my music goes because that's the ones that really know you.

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I watch movies all day. I am a heavy movie head.

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Islam really brought a discipline to my life that I didn't really have before. My old mindset was if they ain't helping me, I ain't helping them, but you can't live life that way.

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It took mad failures for me to start to win.

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I'm still an athlete at heart, so I always want that comfort and something that feels like an athletic shoe.

Dave East

I think R. Kelly is twisted, sick-minded, nasty, perverted - he different. I don't know anybody like R. Kelly.

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If you're a fan of anything I do, I'm always telling a story. I'm into that - I like it when you don't know if it was true or not.

Dave East

I'll never put out some super-dumbed-down music. It'll always have some substance to it.

Dave East