Goldlink Quotes

Goldlink

Profession : Rapper

Birth : May 17, 1993

I don't believe in coincidences. I believe that things happen for a reason, and I think God has things - whether it's good or bad - happen towards a bigger picture that you don't necessarily understand at the present time.

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I was taught that poems don't end, they just kind of stop. There's never an ending to a poem; it's a continuation for later. When I write, I write for me, and I write in poetic form.

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I'm very self-aware.

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My mother was into church so she listens to gospel music. I like the way gospel is composed... the great vocalist chord and the way they make you feel.

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I really don't want to be a stereotype.

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Dark skin women are so beautiful and I feel like people forget. Real talk.

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I'm going to make my own 'Trapped In The Closet' one day, about a black kid growing up in the hood.

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I don't have any idols, I owe it all to hardwork, dedication and competence.

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Without Mac Miller, there would be no GoldLink.

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Mac Miller is my best friend in the industry.

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The thing is, Mac Miller wrote all of 'Divine Feminine.' That was a great album.

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Balance is good. You should always have balance... you need it to survive.

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If I'm too cocky or too arrogant, it's like, 'Ugh.' But if you're too on the other side, you take away some of those other emotional aspects, and I just kinda like to have a balance.

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When you see something that does work, whether you understand fashion or not, you can still make that difference and say, 'This guy knows what he's doing' - even though I don't know what it is - and this clearly... I don't think he knows.

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Sober Thoughts' is a song about an unhealthy relationship I was in with a girl, where we would continue to mistreat each other, to spite each other. We were bad for each other, yet we always came back together, because we thought we 'loved each other.' It was a young love, not a forever love.

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I like back-stories to music.

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I guess I'm kind of a sucker for the emotion of music. I guess it's kind of odd, but it's the way I appreciate music. I present my stuff that way as well.

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There's nothing wrong with being a hippie.

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I could rap really good on accident. I talk tight and it just sounded... I don't know. It's just such a big genre for me. At the end of the day, rap is the language of the world.

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I used to do push-ups every morning from 6:00 to 8:00.

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