My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious – like, I don’t remember them ever being together. J. Cole Read Quote
I’m not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I’m doing. So if I’m playing basketball, if I’m taking the SATs, like, there’s a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it’s the same thing. J. Cole Read Quote
I feel like the reason people feel like they know me is because I’m giving you myself in the music. There’s where the connection comes from; you can’t Twitter that. J. Cole Read Quote
There’s been people who’ve rapped and produced – like Kanye – but I don’t feel like on the rapping side there’s ever been a producer who can rap as good as I think I can rap. J. Cole Read Quote
I’m a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that’s never healthy. J. Cole Read Quote
I’ve got two Rolexes that I’m very proud of – a gold Presidential that was a gift and a white gold one I gifted myself. I’m trying to step my game up and get a few more of those. J. Cole Read Quote
In hip-hop, there’s not a lot of love. There’s not a lot of love being spread. It’s always like ‘I’m stuntin’ on you raps, or I’m better than you raps.’ It’s not a lot of ‘Yo man, I idolize you raps.’ J. Cole Read Quote
I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now, even when I get tired, I think, ‘This is what I asked for.’ J. Cole Read Quote
I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I’m conscious of the mainstream without selling out. J. Cole Read Quote
No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do. J. Cole Read Quote
