43 Inspiring Quotes By G-Eazy That Urge Us To Hone Our Creativity
Gerald Earl Gillum, renowned by his stage name G-Eazy, is a celebrated American record producer and rapper. He got his mammoth break with ‘The Endless Summer’, a mixtape which he released on internet. He shot to fame with the song ‘Runaround Sue’ which featured Devon Baldwin, ‘The American Idol’ contestant in the music video. Gillum never considers himself to be a ‘natural’ rapper however; he did have the entrepreneurial drive and passion to make it big in the music industry. Even before rolling out his first full-fledged album he spent almost a decade in order to build a fan following and brushing his art. He has been a part of numerous tours and was able to build his brand from the grass root level to becoming a hip-hop heartthrob. Here are some of the thoughts, views and opinions that the rapper who never minces his words has expressed on subjects close to his heart. Let us browse through some of the most notable quotes and sayings by G-Eazy that teach us the importance of taking risks and dreaming big.
I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. Thats not what I grew up around.
In my opinion, creative control means a lot, I feel like I'm really in touch with who my fans are and what they like about my music, and I'm able to communicate directly with them.
I don't know if most people know it or not, but I produce, like, 95% of my own stuff.
'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
My mom would always play me a lot of late-'50s, late-'60s rock.
London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record deal.
I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson.
Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt.
I've gone on in front of a crowd of 10 people and 7,000 people.
I think if you're constantly reinvesting into your content and giving the fans stuff, then you can continue to tour. You can continue to sell the merch and monetize the popularity of the brand.
It was inspiring to see local legends like E-40 and Keak da Sneak break out with 'Tell Me When to Go.'
My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.
I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.
My mom was a single parent.
I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what I grew up around.
In the past, my process would start with a sample of another song, and I'd chop it up and use that as the basis of the song that I was making.
When I first decided I wanted to make beats and write songs and stuff like that, it wasn't like I sat down and the first thing I wrote was even halfway legit. It took a while to find my way through it.
I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
When I started making music, I was so heavy into the hyphy movement. That's something you only know so much about if you were right there living in it, submerged in the culture.
You have an entire generation of kids who grew up with the idea that music is something that you can download for free.
I just kept telling myself that ultimately, the money that my grandparents had put away to go into my college fund, that they were investing for me to go to school and get this education, it had to be worth something.
I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
I hate picking out clothes.
Touring is starting to feel more like home than home does.
I'm on Tumblr all the time.