Wale Quotes

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Wale

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 21, 1984

There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.

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I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams.

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My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that.

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Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.

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You can be a rapper born and raised in go-go music, violence, drugs, crack, Reagonomics, and still, if you hear 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,' you're going to find a way to hum along. Guilty pleasures? It don't matter. Sue me - I like the song. To dance to it is another matter.

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I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don't ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ?

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If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate you and we get to be enemies.

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I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need.

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I've seen all types of women. Celebrity girls I've dated and regular 9 to 5 girls. I've had shows where married women have tried to follow me to my hotel. My perception of women isn't very ignorant because I've seen a lot.

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Not to sound corny, but intelligence is big. Everything fades, and everything can be modified. But intelligence is something you can't fake. I'm not even talking about whether you can read a thesaurus backwards. But there is a beauty in common sense.

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I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.

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My dream tour would be like, me, Cole, Drake, Sean, Meek. I think that would be dope, something like that; big venues.

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I put my foot in my mouth sometimes. I'll be the first to admit it.

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I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me.

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I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

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I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

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I never understood the idea that I was a 'backpack rapper.' I think that's a lazy way that people started thinking. They like saying that because I got dreads. I look like I belong a certain place, so it's easy to put everything in a box.

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I've become a workaholic. When the shows slow down and there's no press and I can get my time to myself in the studio with my music, I get into this zone, man. I enter this incredible space where I'm just making music. And I feel like I can work with anybody - with Elton John, with Hanson - and I can make something incredible.

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Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.

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