Quotes from Future

My daddy didn't even sign my birth certificate. So I ain't never had his last name.

Jay Z wasn't great when 2pac and Biggie was alive.

I ain't giving up on myself, so if you give up on me, I ain't got nothing else to say for you.

I've always been into fashion since I was a kid. I love fashion. I appreciate it. I just enjoy dressing up and getting all the new sneakers and all the hot exclusive clothes - I did even when I was young.

Future's not everybody. The people who are taking my style are like my babies. I've got a tribe of kids that want to be like me... But I understand why people want to imitate the things I do. They're dope. It comes naturally to me. My fans can expect greatness. If I wasn't me, I would want to be me.

When you're riding with your mom, and you're a kid, you'd listen to 'Dear Mama' and the radio friendly records. I used to sneak and listen to Too $hort.

I just enjoy dressing up and getting all the new sneakers and all the hot exclusive clothes - I did even when I was young.

You have to just do music, and you're becoming this entertainer, and so many people require so much of your time for different things, different obligations you have to make money, or just different obligations you have as a person in whatever the situation may be.

I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was born to do this. I was given this gift, and I'm making the most of my opportunity.

If I'm the biggest artist in the world, cool, but I want to just be me.

For just being a black artist in rock n' roll and be able to step outside and create, and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that's what I love about Jimi Hendrix's music - the way he plays the guitar is so different. He's just an icon all around.

You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

I want that longevity in the career, so if you don't know how to get it, you trying to chase that high, you trying to continue to chase your dreams and conquer things you never thought you could get. And you just want to get there too soon, so you taking the wrong moves to try and compensate what's not happening.

Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.

I feel a responsibility for telling the truth.

When you're a man, you want to make decisions for your family, and sometimes the lady doesn't see what you see.

People respond to something melodic.

I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he write, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.

My career choice is my career choice. Just stepping out of that zone, to be able to be a provider. I understand my position as a provider and my role as a dad also... Just being able to be comfortable with it.

I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.

If you behind me, I'm not going to look back and try and figure out what you're doing behind me.

I want my money to be different. I'm not trying to have rapper money. My goal is to be able to get everything from the world that I can get.

For me, it's always been one of my pet peeves to keep people engaged and talking, and just always being interested in what I have going on. To keep the level of creativity always turned up to the max.