Top 123 Quotes & Sayings by Fabolous - Page 2

Michael Jordan broke the mold of the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird era - he came in and he had a gold chain, he wore longer shorts and his sneakers were a different style.

Everybody's out and you get a lot of friction, a lot of heat in the air. It makes a beautiful disaster and that's where the 'Summertime Shootout' comes from.

I really didn't know DMX was married or Ja Rule was married.

I remember one time 50 was offering me different things to come and be apart of G-Unit. I didn't really do it because it was kind of at the time where they were signing Mobb Deep, Ma$e and M.O.P. I didn't know if I wanted to be up under something.

I mean there's no other feeling than when you hear a great hip-hop song. You feel good. If you lose that as an artist, you lose a part of your passion.

I try to have a fashion sense as far as looking and being fresh in my space. I guess that gets received well sometimes but I never look at myself as a 'fashionista' or 'style icon.'

LeBron's a close friend of mine, so I always root for him.

I definitely would like to embark on acting, give it a shot, you know maybe that's my calling, maybe it's not.

I'm not as big of an R&B fan as people like to think, but I just love the marriage between R&B and Hip-Hop.

There's a song on there called 'Slow Down,' and it's about a girl who could be wifey but is just moving to quick, partying; needs to slow down. A lot of ladies can relate; they might know someone or be that girl.

I got to go to Ghana, Africa and I got to go to the Dominican Republic. You know, just across the world and see their response to my music.

I remember so many times in the summer there was shootouts and things going on and it was just a part of it. It wasn't even like you regretted it; you still was looking forward to next summer. It was like oh damn, my man got killed but we gon' rep him and next summer we gonna ball again. It was just a part of the culture.

A lot of rappers nowadays will say they don't listen to anybody, but I like to hear what's going on. I don't think it affects my music. I still do what I do. I just listen as a fan because I love hip-hop.

I think growth is a big part of everything, it think even growth for Brooklyn, growth for Downtown Brooklyn is good.

I am kinda like, if I don't really know people I am a little passive and a little quiet, and you know most of my friends they know a different side of me, so I guess that's what kinda Twitter gets to see a little bit, things that I would say around my friends and joke around with.

There's an art to basketball; there's a passion to it.

Me and Drake, we just met each other in passing on the road. We kicked it a few times. We kept ending up in the same circles. Eventually we figured out we wanted to work.

I think people know what I do - they know I've been in the game for a minute, but you gotta continuously show that growth and show that you're bringing something.

Part of the passion for me was hearing great music from the very start of it, now I'm one of the people who can give that passion back to somebody.

I put too many years in business of me working in this industry for me to be a piece of somebody else's thing.

I look at where I've come from and realize that I'm lucky to make it out. I was a mischievous kid and I understand the whole reasoning of youth today because I didn't have much to do in the afternoon after school.

Basketball has a culture to it, it has a swagger to it.

I like to try new things as well as stay in my comfort zone so I think all the styles or looks I do, represent me.

D.C. shows me a lot of love.

I think Twitter is great for showing your personality and just your random thoughts and dropping a jewel on your listeners, fans and followers.

I wouldn't do a 'For The Love of Fabulous' kind of show at all.

I don't like the idea of pre-meditated music. Things like free-styling, the element of surprise - I think people need to scale back and re-focus on making moments again.

When I first came in, family life wasn't at the forefront of your career or who you were as an artist. You was even supposed to be projected as a single man for the public.

Ne-Yo is just like a writing genius.

Before I was a musician, I drew. The housing projects in Brooklyn weren't much of a canvas, people didn't know that I had it in me - but I actually went to an art and design high school.

If you want something of good quality, you gotta take your time with it.

I'm not just rapping because I like it anymore - this is like almost my career now, you know? Not almost, it is! This is what I feed myself and my family with, so I attack it that way.

Your van can get stolen anywhere I guess.

I used to be a pretty good player back in the day. But I don't play basketball too much anymore.

People always ask me why I didn't join a crew or something like that. I don't know if that would have changed my legacy or if I would still be here today.

If I was Bill Gates, I would double Bill Gates, you know what I mean? That's the mindstate you should keep in any profession, just keep striking iron and trying to get bigger and better.

I would be involved in a show that was something like 'Run's House'... that's a different kind of show.

The Mary J. Blige song is called 'My Life.' It's kinda like an autobiography song, stating what I'm about and what I'm trying to do and what I've done.

I'm a big boxing fan.

I like being different and having options.

I try to do stuff that I'm more passionate about, more than just like being all over the place doing different sneakers.

I hate to see somebody get locked up, especially someone as talented as Lil Wayne. You know Wayne is a strong figure in the hip-hop marketplace, and for him to go away for 8 months, you know it's sad for hip-hop as a whole.

Hypebeasts want shoes just to say other people don't have them.

Everybody's not always open to everything. People have biased feelings about certain things, especially in the hip-hop world. The hip-hop world hates homosexuality.

Everything that I do, I try to put myself into it.

Even though I am in the sneaker world, I am very diverse.

Never tripping off the past, I would rather never mind 'em/'Cause only fools trip over something that be behind 'em

I'm so devoted to my music and becoming the best artist I can be. I don't want to devote too much time to anything else before I say I've conquered that. I just wanna become bigger and I'm never satisfied with just what I am today, I just always want to be bigger. If I was Bill Gates, I would double Bill Gates. That's the mindstate you should keep in any profession, just keep striking iron and trying to get bigger and better.

There's no New York rapper who's out that is competing with me because first of all, I'm the best.

It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love though over your pride!

I've been around for almost 10 years in the game but somehow I still look like I'm like on my second or third album or something. So it's good cause it doesn't blow up my age.

I definitely like sneakers and shopping at sneakers stores.

You can spend your time Dreaming about Living or Living your Dream

You can't spell believe without a lie in the middle.

Money Is The Root Of All Evil I Thought....But When Im Broke Is Usually When I Have The Evilest Thoughts

Being broke is a joke, I never found it funny / That's why I count my blessings / As much as I count my money...

Don't keep that money waiting, it get impatient.

I don't want to attach myself to everything.

I like different shoes with different themes for different reasons.

I keep chicks in my lap, throwing me head fakes!