Quotes from Kevin Gates

I attended college in prison. I was in jail, so there ain't no going to no classes. They have programs in certain facilities where you can earn good time, and then you get time taken off your sentence. But as far as going to classes, it's not like that. You study, and then an administrator gives you a test. I got a Master's in psychology.

I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by most people to be the Holy Bible. I just wanted to know, even with Buddhism and the Dalai Llama.

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I really don't pay attention to the outside world when I'm incarcerated, because being in prison is like being in a different world. So I don't pay attention to what's going on outside of jail, because it's all beyond my control.

I could give a flying flip about doing promo because, no disrespect, nobody put me in the position that I'm in.

Why accept failure when success is free?

I'm a felon. I get pulled over all the time.

I married my best friend that happens to be a girl.

My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.

I always knew who I was, and I always ran from my true purpose... I know what my job is. And I always ran from it.

I don't believe in conspiracy theories. I'm just a cold-blooded investigator.

When you're in prison, you want to know that you were thought about.

Anything lost, can be found again, except for time wasted A vision without action is merely a dream Action, it's the grind, it's the hustle, it's the persistence

Everytime the leaves are changing it's the loneliest time of the year

What I see, what I went through, what a friend of mine may have went through, whatever - I rap about it.

I don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.

Marriage is the most wonderful thing ever.

I don't know how the rap game is, because I'm a fan of reality, and the rap game's entertainment.

Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

Some may consider this a problem, I easily fall in love

I love God, I love everybody else around me as myself, and I love my enemy.

Fall in love fast, make sure I handle it delicate

The Notebook ... that's my favorite one. I've read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love.

Rap was more of a release for me, a journal.