Quotes About Success

The more steps you take towards the end, the fewer steps you have to take towards the end!

Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closing the shop.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.

In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.

Los Angeles and New York are the big centers of the music industry worldwide so of course it can be hard for newcomers who don't know what to expect from the music business.

Shoot for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

I don't believe in geniuses, I believe in hard work.

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.

Money had never been the main thing for me. It's the legacy that was important.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

I've never had a real job in my life. I didn't learn anything, I was terrible at school. It was just this thing. Music was all I wanted to do.

Without Elvis none of us could have made it.

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

When you get to the top, don't forget to send the elevator down for the next guy.

The only reason I am successful is because I have stayed true to myself.

We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.

I'm a young dude, and there ain't too many people who are doin' it like I'm doin' it. There ain't no others in my lane - I am the future of this music.

If I could just have my music be played for many people no matter what method or way is used, I would reply that that is not the case.

If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.