Quotes from Vince Staples

My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.

All my friends and family are either in prison or don't make enough money. I don't know what the president really does. I haven't been able to experience that kind of shift yet.

A lot of music comes from a selfish place.

I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being level-headed.

As a living, breathing person, you must love things that derive from nature.

It's human nature, we take a mile when we're given an inch. We're crazy. You see what we did to the animals! They don't even exist anymore!

Hopefully New Zealand let me stay, and they don't kick me out and ban me. And I hope I don't get killed by a kangaroo, 'cuz I heard that happens out there.

Care and pity are two different things.

All the rhinos are dead, for the most part. I think that's really sad.

I'm mad emotional. But my emotions are - I don't really get just like sad, I get hyper, and I be like mad, and I get hungry - that's like my main emotion.

You have to be able to differentiate between the different areas of life. It shows that we're all separate people, we're all different, but we're all the same.

I'm getting old! My back hurts, I got asthma, I just been listening to Amy Winehouse, trying not to cry. Life's crazy.

Drugs are horrible; I say no to drugs. I've never done drugs in my life.

Every project has to stand on its own. It's a different identity within each project, and I feel like that's the way it should be.

Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.

I feel like that's the reason a lot of pop music doesn't have that grasp that other forms of music do, because it's more rooted in only the happier aspects of life - there's not really a connection.

Creating music and just having someone's art directs the way you think about life subconsciously.

You're either ghetto or you're not.

Rappers kinda look stupid sometimes. Most of the time. I'm pretty sure I look stupid too a lot.

Basic emotions can be conveyed through anything. As long as you show people that you're human, they'll relate to it.

The happiest people, the ones you like the most, they're never worried about being rich.

Things don't really go that well when people get back together.

I don't think I've ever been personally fulfilled performing. It's kind of a challenging thing; it's more of a sacrifice for the people that I love.

If your children don't fight, they won't love each other when they get older! It's a common thing.