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.
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Something I try to instill in others is to just be a good person. It's a decision you make a million times a day. But if you just keep trying, good stuff comes to you in an ordained way.
Interpretation
Being a good person is a daily choice that leads to positive outcomes.
The quote emphasizes the importance of consistently making the choice to be a good person, suggesting that this decision is repeated numerous times throughout the day. By doing so, one opens themselves up to receiving good things in life, indicating that kindness and integrity can attract positive experiences and blessings in an almost serendipitous manner.
In practice
In a motivational speech to high school students about character development.
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.
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.
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.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.
Trust who and what you are, and the universe will support you in miraculous ways.
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
You can indulge your righteous rage but the things it comes out of are pretty cheap. The trick is to make yourself an instrument of your own policy. Whether you like it or not, that's the highest effectiveness man has achieved.
My company survives because I've learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.
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