Wale

“My life is better than a lot of people I know. I'm definitely happy about that.”

“I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.”

“I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.”

“If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate you and we get to be enemies.”

“D.C.'s a tough place to get love unless you're from D.C. It's like everybody hates you here. The only black person that everyone can agree on is Obama.”