#kendrickquotes

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I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

- Kendrick Lamar

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Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, or up to the Grammys.

- Kendrick Lamar

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You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.

- Kendrick Lamar

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When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.

- Kendrick Lamar

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My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

- Kendrick Lamar

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Groups break up because they never got across what they wanted to do personally, and they have creative differences, and egos start to clash.

- Kendrick Lamar

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I don't believe in the type of pressure that people want to put on the type of music that I make.

- Kendrick Lamar

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I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

- Kendrick Lamar