Top 43 Quotes & Sayings by Big Boi
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Big Boi.
Last updated on September 16, 2024.
Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.
To play your music in front of the fans that love it, it's like the best feeling in the world.
When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.
Look, I got 11,052 songs on my iPod. Cyndi Lauper, Guns N' Roses, Geto Boys, N.W.A.... push shuffle and anything will come on.
The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music.
I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.
I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.
I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.
I'm nocturnal when it comes to recording - I'm just more creative at night.
Being an M.C. is all about just going for the throat.
I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.
I'm dead serious about my craft and just really serious about making music in itself. I take pride in making songs and albums where no two songs sound alike. That's the challenge and that's what it's all about, to keep it original and fresh and funky.
I'm not pro-government at all, I'm pro-people.
The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.
My wife cooks. I can't cook. I can remix leftovers pretty good, though.
My goal every time I make a record is just to make the funkiest, the best music I could possibly make, both lyrically, and music-wise.
I don't care who the president is - it ain't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.
I think remixes give songs more life.
The sheep-people don't think for themselves anymore. You can say anything and it's the gospel truth and they don't have to go research it or anything, and they believe everything the news tells them. People don't go and do their own investigations if it's relationships or politics or anything.
I'm glad that's one of the things I chose to do as a man - to be a father to my child.
I'm about making music and spending time with my family. I've been in the spotlight so long that I'm looking for something different.
I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all.
Life moves so fast. You gotta document the good times, man.
I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.
I'm just a product of my environment, and it comes out in the music.
One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth.
There's so many lies being told throughout the media and people just run with the lies. They're numb to it. Too many followers, not enough leaders.
I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.
I'm into creating something that I've never created before.
The music that I make is built on layers upon layers of musical ideas. I want to keep it fun and fresh to where listeners won't get everything from just one listen. They can go back to it months, weeks, or even years later and hear something that they didn't ever hear before. That's what it's all about.
The world is really run by the Web. There's so much information out there that you can click and keep going down the rabbit hole finding stuff.
My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.
My kids, they're like nine or ten years old right now so you give 'em responsibilities just to keep them up on things. It ain't just all about getting on the skateboard or putting your Heelys on, and swimming in the pool all the time. You gotta do stuff like wash dishes, take the trash out, feed the dog.
I don't care who the president is - it isn't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.
Look, I got 11,052 songs on my iPod. Cyndi Lauper, Guns N' Roses, Geto Boys, N.W.A. push shuffle and anything will come on.
Where I stand at is on the Second Amendment where the right to bear arms is not just for hunting and fishing and things like that. But it's the right of the American people to have a means of defense against a tyrannical government. So, sometimes you got to have that back-up plan.
And when I'm on the microphone you best to wear your sweater,
Cause I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails,
Oh hell, there he go again.
Knowledge is the power, the cowards get devoured.
The beauty of having a studio is I can go in and record any time I want to, so you can always put down your ideas or whatever. You use your voice recorder and, you know, take your voice notes down and just preserve all the little jewels and gems when you're in there, putting that song together.
I'm cooler than a polar bear's toenails... bend corners like I was a curve, I struck a nerve.
We missed a lot of church, so the music is our confessional.
I never thought that alcohol could ease the notion of the sadness, Now what used to be a happy home done turned into some bad sh!t
The elements of a good story are most definitely details, little bitty details. That does it, especially when you're describing, when you're setting the scene and everything. It's like you're painting a picture, so details are very important. Also, the music gotta be right. The music can really set the tone for the story and let you know what the story is gonna be about, but definitely, it's the vibe in the place where you at and the detail.
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