A biography for Goldlinkhasn’t been written yet.
“I think for men and women, there's a different dynamic when it comes to love. Because I feel like a man who falls in love with a woman falls harder than a woman falling for a man. We're not emotionally as accepting as women are.”
“I read slowly, I watch movies slowly, because I retain everything.”
“I always take D.C. with me. And I always come back home.”
“There's more to music than just words over tracks.”
“I just wear the uniform of the city I'm from.”
“There wasn't any one particular moment where I realised, you know what, I'm going to be a musician. The decision more came from a lack of options.”
“Even though we can't be perfect, we should try.”
“Black culture is pop culture, Black History Month is every month, and that's something they want us to forget. What better way to remember than to highlight all of our differences as a singular people across the globe?”
“I don't believe in coincidences. I believe that things happen for a reason, and I think God has things - whether it's good or bad - happen towards a bigger picture that you don't necessarily understand at the present time.”
“Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.”
“I don't have any idols, I owe it all to hardwork, dedication and competence.”
“I tell stories about the people around me, I tell stories about me. I tell stories about my hood.”
“I'm gonna find creative ways to connect with people that actually matter and exist. That's kinda like my goal, like, how can we creatively do things in a different way so that we can actually get people and talk to them?”
“Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.”
“I always wanted to be different. If it was different I liked it. And it wasn't because I was just trying so hard to be different, it's just by nature.”
“I'm going to make my own 'Trapped In The Closet' one day, about a black kid growing up in the hood.”
“Do you know what kills me? The cropped hats. The beanies that are rolled up past your ears, in the summer as well! There's no function to it.”
“One of my friends is serving 33 years. Armed robbery. Those are the things you should rap about. I don't think you should glorify it at all. I don't really glorify it. I just talk about it. There's nothing special about that life.”
“If I'm too cocky or too arrogant, it's like, 'Ugh.' But if you're too on the other side, you take away some of those other emotional aspects, and I just kinda like to have a balance.”
“Edgar Allan Poe is amazing because he was so dark. He's from Baltimore and so cynical that you can feel it when you're reading, it feels so honest.”