Goldlink

“I wanna take what I'm doing and create something around it as opposed to trying to fit into someone else's world.”

“I always tell people, when I was growing up I was really into getting money - I didn't really care about anything else.”

“More people should rap about reality.”

“I just simply rap about my life.”

“I like back-stories to music.”

“As cliche as that sounds, Maya Angelou is one of the best writers I've ever read. She's very wise and to the point.”

“When I started soul-searching, I tapped into the old me and what I grew up around. I learned a lot about myself, and it really made me appreciate my upbringing.”

“For me, music doesn't have a color. 'Teen Spirit' is a fire song made by a white guy that me as a black person loves and can identify with.”

“I grew up with go-go music. We wasn't really hip-hop fans.”

“You know, Slick Rick was tight at telling stories.”

“It's the bounce in go-go that inspires me.”

“Mac Miller is my best friend in the industry.”

“Without Mac Miller, there would be no GoldLink.”

“In order for me to sell D.C., I have to have people understand us.”

“Balance is good. You should always have balance... you need it to survive.”

“I prefer owning something and partnering with other people, instead of like joining something.”

“You know, I suffer kind of from survivor's guilt. It's like you suffer from success because you feel like - why me? Why am I so special? What makes me so different from the next man and why am I able to achieve these things that this person can't? Prayer is the only thing that helps me get through it.”

“When you see something that does work, whether you understand fashion or not, you can still make that difference and say, 'This guy knows what he's doing' - even though I don't know what it is - and this clearly... I don't think he knows.”

“With 'Opening Credit,' we were trying to establish a certain tone and put people in a specific mood.”

“The thing is, Mac Miller wrote all of 'Divine Feminine.' That was a great album.”