A biography for Chance The Rapperhasn’t been written yet.
“I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics.”
“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.”
“One of my biggest fears with 'Coloring Book' was that it would be labeled. I hate labels. I never sought out for people to recognize it as a gospel album.”
“'Hamilton' is revolutionary in terms of writing.”
“I just get sick very easily.”
“There's always been a quiet conversation and joke that if you're not hard, if you're not from impoverished neighborhoods, if you're not certain constructs of a black stereotype, then you not black.”
“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.”
“If I was to buy a suit, I'd probably go to Men's Wearhouse - because you're going to like the way you look; they guarantee it.”
“When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it.”
“Selling music doesn't make that much money.”
“I would say almost 60 percent of working with Kanye - let's say 53 percent of working with Kanye - is speeches.”
“Taylor Swift is just dope. She is an ill songwriter.”
“When you make stuff from the 'you' point of view, you really can't go wrong.”
“I think I always knew I wasn't gonna have a regular job.”
“I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time.”
“I think when you're in my position as an artist, I can say what I want and talk about the issues that matter.”
“It wasn't until I left that I realised it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive. I can think of a lot of kids that I knew in Chicago who were supposed to grow up but didn't.”
“I don't want to say this in a lame way, but D. Rose is one of my heroes. His whole story and background and what he's done for communities in Chicago is super inspiring.”
“I remember sitting on the back of the bus on the first day of the Social Experiment tour with my face in my hands. I emptied out my bank account, and before I did that tour, that was the number one thing I said I'd never do. I'll never empty out my savings.”
“I don't agree with the way labels are set up. I don't agree that anyone should sign 360 deals or sign away their publishing or take most of the infrastructure that's included in a formal deal.”