Quotes About Aspiration

I can't tell if I want to be a rapper who's funny because I kind of enjoy just doing really stupid songs about nothing. But I want to have a career that's long-lasting, and I don't think people want to listen to a straight-up comedy rapper all the time.

I never was a person that said, 'I'm gonna be a rapper.' I thought I would be a doctor. I just knew how to rap, and it was a cool thing to do, so I started doing it for fun.

In my heart, I believe I'm a top flight comedian and a top flight rapper.

When I was younger, I was addicted to the idea of becoming a rapper.

I had this dream to be a rapper when I was younger.

I thought I was going to be a rapper as a kid and used to hop the train down to Jazzy Jeff's studio for, like, six months straight waiting outside of the studio for the big break, and one day we got in the studio and played our demo for Will and Jeff and quickly learned that we weren't that good.

I don't want to be a small-time, independent, successful rapper.

Deep down, I want to be a big rapper. I want people to love what I'm doing.

I never wanted to perform like a rapper.

Chance The Rapper is a person who really knows what he wants.

I guess I did go through my phase where I wanted to be a rapper. I made music, but I was never really good at it.

I knew I wanted to be a rapper when I was, like, 5.

I never wanted to be a rapper. I want to be in the movies. I want to own buildings.

I didn't want to just be a rapper, I wanted to be a star.

I only know English, so I feel like I can be the dopest French rapper ever if I learned French.

I never imagined myself being a rapper.

As a child, I did not dream of being a rapper.

I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all.

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.

I didn't want to be one of these rappers that holds his chain up just faking like he has money. I wanted more.

When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.

I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I could rap and have fans and be a trendsetter.

I never knew anything about rapping.

When you get older, you try to get what you wanted as a kid. Maybe you wanted an arcade in your house or Q-Tip rapping on your beats.