August Alsina

“When you come into this game and this industry, it's kind of like really being born again, because you don't know too much about it.”

“Nothing scares me. Nothing actually shocks me anymore.”

“My legacy is that I will hustle and grind. No one will stop me from hustling. I'll be where God wants me to be.”

“Always stand 100 with yourself.”

“So many times we take things like eyesight for granted cause it's so natural. We wake up and we see, we wake up and we walk. It's just so natural for us. So, for me not to be able to see for 2-3 days straight, it was hell.”

“Having life taken away from you for a little while forces you to be more open-minded and to go live.”

“Pride definitely causes a lack of communication.”

“Every lesson man, every, every relationship, every experience is a blessing. You learn from it, whether good or bad.”

“I want to live my life on full. I want to die empty, whatever that means - giving myself to my three kids now, giving myself to love or a relationship, giving myself to my career, devoting myself to being a healthy person. I have to give my full self to something, because that's what makes me feel alive.”

“We all battling different things. Me? I'm just able to channel that through my music.”

“Some days I'm up, some days I'm down. But I think one thing that does get you moving is hope.”

“My mom used to work two jobs to take care of me, my brothers, and my sisters. She worked hard to take care of us. Back in the day my mom was actually a dental assistant.”

“I'm always so overly transparent that sometimes I'm like, damn, am I saying too much? Should I say this? Should I not say this?”

“People like me don't expect to live past 24.”

“Pride is a big thing that gets in the way of a lot of relationships.”

“I feel like God gave me my life for that reason to share with other people that may be like me or not like me.”

“I like Kendrick a lot.”

“As an artist, I struggle with how much of myself to give to the people. How much I want my personal business to be judged.”

“People think that money and fame fixes and changes so much. Money does give you assistance and resources in this life. But you think that life will become easier, and that's not necessarily true.”

“I always had a love for music, but I was watching 'Sister Act 2' with Lauryn Hill, and I heard her sing, and I was just like, 'Man, I want to do that.' The whole movie overall was an inspiration for me.”