It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.
Kendrick LamarRead
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
Interpretation
Authenticity in music allows for limitless connections with listeners.
Kendrick Lamar emphasizes the significance of genuineness in music creation. He believes that as long as his music is authentic and true to himself, there are no bounds to the number of listeners who can connect with and appreciate it, highlighting the power of real art to resonate with a wide audience.
In practice
Using this quote to inspire a group of aspiring musicians at a workshop about the importance of genuine expression in art.
It's a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.
I've been called a recluse. There's definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.
Every time I write these words they become a taboo,_x000D_ _x000D_ Making sure my punctuation curve, every letter here's true,_x000D_ _x000D_ Living my life in the margin, and that metaphor was proof.
This is the thing about hip-hop music and where people get it most misconstrued: It's all hip-hop. You can't say that just what I do is hip-hop, because hip-hop is all energies. James Brown can get on the track and mumble all day. But guess what? You felt his soul on those records.
The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.
People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.
Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves.
I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in the face and write about it,' which is what I wanted to be able to do.
I really, truly believe that writing comes out of the body; of course, the mind is working as well, but it's a double thing and that doubleness is united. I mean, you can't separate persona from psyche; you just can't do it.
Let the subject generate its own photographs. Become a camera.
I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.
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