Quotes About Identity

I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be.

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.

Because of the kind of music that I liked, and the different way that I dressed, it was kind of a perfect storm, creating a situation where I existed on my own throughout my schooling.

Rap is my most used medium but I don't think I approach music like a rapper would.

People acceptin' me for me, people lovin' my music was big for me.

Ego is my career. Rap music is all ego.

The music you love when you're a teenager is always going to be the most important to you.

I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.

Tried living in the real world instead of a shell, but I was bored before I even began.

If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see, you can find out first hand what it's like to be me.

The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.

Acting is largely about putting on masks, and music is about removing them.

Music is what I am, everything else is what I do.

I want to investigate different cultures, to see how their identities and values affect their music. It's one way I can get to know our world, at least to a certain depth.

I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

By the time I was a senior in high school, I was constantly with my headphones, just making music all the time. People were calling me a "musician", and I found that so weird.

Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.

I hate labels because it should be just music. I don't see anything wrong with disco. Call it anything. It's music.

Music is not my life. Christ is my life.

The music of your youth stays with you throughout your life.

I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess.

I've always loved black culture; I don't know any other way to put it. Since I was a kid I loved music and early jazz, Sly and the Family Stone.

I would describe my music and my sound as… Avril Lavigne!