Top 60 ASAP Rocky Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I’m not a gangster, bro.”

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2. “I want to make my own path and leave behind a good legacy for myself and honestly, I just want to be innovative and always down for other people. That’s what I want to be remembered by. I want to inspire.”

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3. “All of the young people – the artsy people, people who get overlooked because they’re weird or they don’t have hype around them – need to get some shine.”

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4. “Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!”

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5. “Weed is going to bring us together as a generation. Drugs is what created Woodstock. Let’s be clear about that.”

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6. “I don’t have any favourite lyrics. Honestly, all of them I love ’em to death – it’s the same with songs. I don’t have just one favourite lyric, I love them all.”

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7. “In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There’s no borders, no barriers.”

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8. “God is letting me shine, because I’ve got a good heart.”

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9. “I’m a people’s person, believe it or not. I just have a dark side to me, which we all do.”

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10. “Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn’t ask to be a role model, because I’m not perfect.”

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11. “I strive for perfection, but Im not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.”

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12. “I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.”

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13. “I like women. I love women.”

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14. “I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they’re gonna represent me. And if I’m gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.”

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15. “My real name’s Rakim – my parents named me after the god MC himself.”

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16. “I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: “Oh, he got shot nine times, he’s better than Tupac, he’s better than Biggie.” That was all hype.”

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17. “I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I’m onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.”

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18. “A lot of energy and excitement – that’s what a lot of my shows are, energy and excitement.”

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19. “When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill.”

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20. “I’m not glorifying it at all, I’m just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it’s not that deep.”

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21. “I dress how I feel. I just go off emotion. I can’t prepare my outfit a day before. Everything I wear is spontaneous.”

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22. “I didn’t want to be a loser, but I didn’t want to fit in at the same time because I don’t like just being ordinary. So it’s one of those situations where I always kept my head up.”

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23. “I don’t cook, ’cause I don’t know how to cook.”

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24. “You ready? I have gold teeth, I have braids, I’m wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a biker vest, I love artsy girls, my favourite artists are Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. I’m obsessed with being different.”

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25. “The worst thing a good girl could do to you is break your heart.”

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26. “Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.”

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27. “I’ve got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes.”

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28. “I know that women are smarter than men. I don’t wanna sound like I’m on a bandwagon for chicks but I do love ’em, can’t front. Women are smarter than men. I know I gotta lot of chicks up my sleeve but you guys are twice as good.”

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29. “Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least.”

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30. “I love ‘Harry Potter’ and JK Rowling – don’t laugh at me!”

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31. “It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.”

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32. “I don’t care what straight people do, I don’t care what gay people do. I don’t care what nobody do. That’s they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I’m saying?”

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33. “New York gave me hell for that ‘Purple Swag,’ man. They didn’t respect me until ‘Peso.’”

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34. “Ksubi’ – the Australian jean brand, they’re one of my favourite brands of just clothes and stuff, and the Swedish brand ‘Acne’, but other than that, not at this point in time designing. I wouldn’t mind collab’n with those guys though.”

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35. “I thought highly of myself growing up. I still do. There’s not really much somebody can say to me to bring down my confidence or anything.”

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36. “I don’t want people to get the impression that I got money and now I’m cocky, because I’m not. I’m just a little overly confident.”

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37. “I’m from New York and I love New York and I’m always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.”

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38. “I don’t wear diamond necklaces. I’m not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets.”

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39. “But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I’m just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that.”

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40. “Sometimes I feel like what’s hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. That’s really the hard part.”

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41. “When I started, I was 23 years old directing my own music videos; I’m co-producing on my album; I’m hands-on with everything. I’m more than just a pretty boy: I’m an artist. I’m not saying I’m a hip-hop music artist, I’m an artiste.”

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42. “I was thinking about naming my child Kanye.”

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43. “I don’t like new cars; I’m into vintage cars – there’s a Jaguar E-Type in the ‘Goldie’ video.”

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44. “I wanted to model when I was younger.”

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45. “I haven’t been a gay activist. I haven’t protested for gay rights or none of that, but one thing I can say is that a lot of the designers I wear are gay and I like their clothes.”

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46. “I was ashamed to let anyone know that I was living in a shelter. I remember one time coming home and some kids saw me and were like, “What you doing here? This is a shelter!” But I was like, “My mom’s working there.” It was pretty embarrassing.”

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47. “So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual – and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.”

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48. “Who people like is their own business. It don’t concern me. I know what I do – and I’m having a lot of fun with the women that I’m with.”

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49. “I’ve been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the ’hood, and everybody in the ’hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.”

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50. “I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don’t want to change the world that’s not what my music is about.”

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