Quotes from Big Sean

I'm a sneakerhead. I probably have a couple hundred pair of shoes. I got all sorts of shoes.

You can go up to the editor of 'Vogue,' and she might think I have horrible style, or maybe she thinks I have great style. Who knows? I don't really know too much about it: I just know what I like and what I don't like. I love clothes and making my own clothes and shoes, like I got to do with Adidas.

I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style.

I hate all the old pictures of me before 2010 - and they are always the first ones to come up. That's why I don't Google myself, man.

My mom keeps me going, man. She deserves such a good life. I just wanna give it to her. My dad, too. My family, my friends, they keep me motivated. Just knowing my personal legend, just knowing what I'm supposed to do, that keeps me going.

I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.

I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, something that I cultivated from personal stories, some from just other stories in just wanting to make a good song.

I want to change the world. I want to be a part of culture. I want to help teach.

I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold.

I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn't boastful, but some of it is. But that's just the music, the art.

I don't judge too much as long as it's good. As long as it's good music and good artistry, I'm with it.

A man that can master patience can master anything.

Patience is the ability to accept trouble, suffering, delay without getting angry or upset, I feel like if you can master patience you can master anything.

Seafood is one of my biggest pet peeves.

God made me in my beautiful form so I'm just trying to execute it.

Ariana is a huge supporter of mine; she's a big fan - she told me that when I met her. She's cool, her voice is crazy, she's got a great, great voice.

My mom graduated from the University of Michigan, which is a great school. Then she got her Master's from NYU. She wanted to be an actress, so when she graduated, she had a dream, and she started following it. She moved to New York and took acting classes with people like Denzel Washington.

I waste a lot of money buying the same pair of shoes.

I had an advantage because people would post me on blogs because I had co-signs from Kanye West, Def Jam, and G.O.O.D. Music. Everything I put out, the blogs would put up. When I realized that, I used that to my advantage and helped build my following on my own.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

It's a real player move to take a girl wine-tasting on a date - she'll like that.

Sometimes eight chains go together really well, depending on the length - how short they are, how small they are.

I feel like I'm able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.