Goldlink Quotes

Goldlink

Profession : Rapper

Birth : May 17, 1993

I think for men and women, there's a different dynamic when it comes to love. Because I feel like a man who falls in love with a woman falls harder than a woman falling for a man. We're not emotionally as accepting as women are.

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For me, music doesn't have a color. 'Teen Spirit' is a fire song made by a white guy that me as a black person loves and can identify with.

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I prefer owning something and partnering with other people, instead of like joining something.

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I like being on my own, building on my own, and standing on my own.

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When I write songs, I write from a lot of perspectives.

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When you're a teenager, you think you're invincible. You don't listen to anyone.

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If you believe that there is a God, then you know that God doesn't show his face. He speaks to you, you feel him, but you've never seen him.

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I don't talk a lot.

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I'm a private person.

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There wasn't any one particular moment where I realised, you know what, I'm going to be a musician. The decision more came from a lack of options.

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Do you know what kills me? The cropped hats. The beanies that are rolled up past your ears, in the summer as well! There's no function to it.

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I always tell people, when I was growing up I was really into getting money - I didn't really care about anything else.

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Black women, dark skin women are the original beautiful people to me.

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I just like a beat that grabs me. And then I'll come up with a concept after. I like to take my time with music.

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I grew up with bubble-gum rap. Seriously, in 2003, 2004, it was Chingy 'Right Thurr.'

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I used to sing in a choir when I was young. My mom forced me hardbody. I was hella young, like 5 years old.

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In black culture, you know, we used to go swing dancing. We used to go out to go dance and actually have fun.

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You know, I suffer kind of from survivor's guilt. It's like you suffer from success because you feel like - why me? Why am I so special? What makes me so different from the next man and why am I able to achieve these things that this person can't? Prayer is the only thing that helps me get through it.

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