I always wanted to be more of a person that people enjoy. Somebody that will make you laugh. I'm talking about just my personality, not necessarily how my music sounds.
Chance The RapperRead
I've come to understand that art is awesome and beautiful because it's a reflection of life - but it's just a reflection, and the real thing is my daughter.
Interpretation
Art represents life, but the true essence of life is found in personal relationships, particularly with loved ones.
Chance The Rapper reflects on the beauty of art as a representation of life, yet emphasizes that the true source of beauty and significance lies in his connection with his daughter. This quote suggests that while art can inspire and move us, the real-life experiences and relationships we cherish are what truly matter.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of family, this quote can highlight the priority of personal connections over artistic endeavors.
I always wanted to be more of a person that people enjoy. Somebody that will make you laugh. I'm talking about just my personality, not necessarily how my music sounds.
You can love somebody through anything when they're your child, and now that I understand that, it makes me work better with people; it makes me more understanding of how much dedication and love I can put into each line. There's no throwaway lines.
When I was working on 'Coloring Book,' I knew that I wanted it to be a beacon for independent artists and music makers with their own agenda.
When you're a Chicago artist, to play Lollapalooza, that's not a normal thing. It's artists on a path to a certain place that do that. Chief Keef did it; Kids These Days did it; Cool Kids did it. And I'm the next Cool-Kids-Chief, if you will.
I don't make Christian rap, but I am a Christian rapper.
People don't want rap to be anything other than it is. But genres expand. My contributions, no matter how they sound, will always be rap, because they'll always be black.
I've always known that I was born to sing, ever since I was a child.
I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations.
And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.
Two questions I can't really answer about fiction are 1) where it comes from, and 2) why we need it. But that we do create it and also crave it is beyond dispute.
Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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