- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a song or group hits you at the right time in your life, it's everything. It's bigger than school or family or anything else.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I learned very quickly after I started putting out music... you just learn that people are going to take what they want and make it fit their agenda or make it fit their interpretation. And you make peace with that or you suffer forever.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pardon me if this all sounds corny, but when you put on a record, I'd like it to be an escape from everything you do.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like a lot of times, when making a one-song collab with someone, it's easy for one person to not be fully invested. I guess you'd call that 'mailing it in.' But when you say 'This is our album,' then all parties have a reason to make it as good as possible, and the goal becomes seeing what we can do together as a unit.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My brothers each reacted differently to 'Blood Sandwich.' It's a very specific type of odd feeling when there's a song written about you. People react to it differently.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to write about what's inside you. If I have to get something out, I'll do it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know a lot of people who make records, and when you meet them, it's not their personality or they're not what you're expecting. But El-P is exactly what you'd expect.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
You think of, like, Justin Timberlake. He does a three-hour performance every night, and it's like, wow, I don't know how that guy does it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a strange position to be in. Not only the fact that I'm trying to live off work that is personal, but how you get the money for that is racing around the country and smiling for people and selling the record, you know what I mean?
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having some decent musicians around you only expands what you can do production-wise, but I make rap - I can't really see myself doing much else.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
- Nov 07, 2020