Raekwon Quotes

In order to be one of the greats, you've got to study the greats.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

No question I would speed for cracks and weed The combination made my eyes bleed.

It's for real though, let's connect, politic...ditto! We could trade places, get lifted in the staircases, Word up, peace, incarcerated scarfaces.

Call me the rap assassinator / rhymes rugged and built like Schwarzenegger

When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.

I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.

Sometimes you can make a substantial amount of money and automatically think that you've made it, that you did everything you wanted to do. Some people just stop.

The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't do it at all.

I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.

It's true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang, could be dangerous.

The main thing I look at is: Is it from the heart? If I know that you down with me, then we always gonna be down through whatever the thick and thin.

You know the steez; you know my whole program. Brothers from the No-Lands, all we want is the G's guns and grams.

I think that's a weak excuse, to say because a rapper's getting older that he ain't got it no more. Nah. Don't go by that philosophy. Let's just recognize that talent is within.

Analyzin' miss clairol, fendi'd down mascara on, assistant manager in paragon

As you keep shooting the ball, you become a better basketball player.

L.A.'s always been good to me.

I just want to be remembered as a dope MC. As somebody who really covered a lot of ground and became internationally known.

Growing up in music motivated me. I applied that to my education and it made me a better person.

I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist.

I doubt if you get another Wu-Tang Clan. That might be harder than getting the new Jackson Five

When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical.

I consider myself a genius because, when you talk about anything and everything, you a genius to me. It's just about makin' it fire on top o' more fire.

I love the energy that comes when I get on the mic. It keeps me creative and I love to hear what the fans want, what they love or hate about it.

Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That's important.

The most important thing is just to be recognised as a legend, like the people call me. To have that title attached to your name, you've got to be a bad man. It's an honour to have that role.

I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.

I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.

I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.

In the early 2000s, I was going through a lot. I didn't have my head screwed on right. Where I was at as a man, I was still growing up.

When you think of Hollywood, you think of the land of opportunity. I always want to have the opportunity to do things conducive to my career.