The most important and common thing is to be able to connect with your fans. If you can’t live life, then you can’t connect with the fans. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
The people I’m inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I’m closer to an artist when they’re open and honest. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
Every hip-hop artist I have worked with has a respect for higher power, whether that’s church, Allah, or any sort of higher being – they all have a humbleness. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
Living my life socially means there is a swagger to how I dress, walk; it’s not about being ‘cool,’ it’s just being me – that’s understanding your place and your center – that’s what swagger is, and I guess that’s where the soul comes from. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
A connection should be natural. Just be yourself, and you will find someone who likes you for exactly what you are. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
Have you seen the oddest couple in the world, to your eyes, walking down the street? That means there’s someone for everyone. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
We concentrate so much on anniversaries and birthdays that you forget it’s the Tuesday that’s tough that really counts. Sometimes she just needs some flowers or even just that ear. It’s the little things that count. It’s the regular days of the year that you have to keep your attention on her. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
On my block, we grew up like family. Summer times, man, psshh, we in the back in the alley or in the front on the block. Somebody has some music playing, and nine times out of ten, it’s soul music. We got whatever we drinking that day, we got some food, we probably even grilling. It’s just a good time. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
My dad helped me understand songwriting because of him playing Babyface a lot. I don’t even know if my dad realized that him just being him, him just living his life, loving what he loved, poured more into me than anybody ever would know. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote
There’s something about real music, dawg. It comes to you; you don’t have to go to it. BJ the Chicago Kid Read Quote