Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Goldlink

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

D'Anthony William Carlos, better known by his stage name GoldLink, is an American rapper and singer. In 2014, he released his debut mixtape, The God Complex, which received critical acclaim. In June 2015, GoldLink was chosen as part of the XXL Freshman Class. In October 2015, he released his second mixtape, And After That, We Didn't Talk, which was supported by the singles "Dance on Me" and "Spectrum". His debut album, At What Cost, was released in March 2017 to positive reviews. The album's lead single, "Crew", peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned GoldLink his first Grammy nomination. His second studio album, Diaspora, was released in June 2019.

American - Rapper | Born: May 17, 1993

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Believe it or not, at concerts some records go off more than 'Crew' does.

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I used to do push-ups every morning from 6:00 to 8:00.

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Mac Miller is my best friend in the industry.

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My mother was into church so she listens to gospel music. I like the way gospel is composed... the great vocalist chord and the way they make you feel.

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There's nothing wrong with being a hippie.

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For me, music doesn't have a color. 'Teen Spirit' is a fire song made by a white guy that me as a black person loves and can identify with.

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I'm from the DMV. I grew up in Maryland my whole life and I was born in Washington D.C.

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Without Mac Miller, there would be no GoldLink.

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Black History in 2019 and beyond is all about inclusivity.

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I feel like the D.C. streets just love Gucci Mane. He's like a hood pastor.

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You know, Slick Rick was tight at telling stories.

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Real love is unconditional.

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There's more to music than just words over tracks.

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Even though we can't be perfect, we should try.

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Black culture is pop culture, Black History Month is every month, and that's something they want us to forget. What better way to remember than to highlight all of our differences as a singular people across the globe?

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I like back-stories to music.

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I'm not really a big Internet fan.

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It's the bounce in go-go that inspires me.

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Soundcloud is the best thing that ever happened to me honestly.

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Balance is good. You should always have balance... you need it to survive.

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Beck's 'Hell Yes' was the most game changing video ever.

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Outwardly seeing how your music effects culture and everyday life, is amazing.

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There wasn't any one particular moment where I realised, you know what, I'm going to be a musician. The decision more came from a lack of options.

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If I'm too cocky or too arrogant, it's like, 'Ugh.' But if you're too on the other side, you take away some of those other emotional aspects, and I just kinda like to have a balance.

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I'm real sexy and I make sexy music so I'm going to be Prince meets Nelson Mandela.

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Looking back, I made my mistakes and I understand and learned from them.

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I don't have a hip-hop goal but I want to headline Bonnaroo one day.

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Sober Thoughts' is a song about an unhealthy relationship I was in with a girl, where we would continue to mistreat each other, to spite each other. We were bad for each other, yet we always came back together, because we thought we 'loved each other.' It was a young love, not a forever love.

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When you see something that does work, whether you understand fashion or not, you can still make that difference and say, 'This guy knows what he's doing' - even though I don't know what it is - and this clearly... I don't think he knows.

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I always wanted to be different. If it was different I liked it. And it wasn't because I was just trying so hard to be different, it's just by nature.

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I guess I'm kind of a sucker for the emotion of music. I guess it's kind of odd, but it's the way I appreciate music. I present my stuff that way as well.

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I'm into literally all types of music man. I love music.

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I'm gonna find creative ways to connect with people that actually matter and exist. That's kinda like my goal, like, how can we creatively do things in a different way so that we can actually get people and talk to them?

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Go-go is so drum and Congo based. It's almost like music from Africa. The drums like on 'Planet Paradise' are deeply African-rooted. It's really bouncy and the same speed as go-go music. That's an example of the influence go-go had on me.

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More people should rap about reality.

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I was a smart kid.

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I love meeting people, I love seeing faces.

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I just wanna make more music, legit music as opposed to keeping the same constant thing. I wanna show growth in the music, pretty much.

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My biggest influence is my city. There's so much there. We have our own lingo, food, music and culture.

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I guess rap has such a bad name, because everybody can do it now, and that's probably why people don't want to be considered as rappers anymore, they're not taken seriously anymore. But yeah, rap is definitely the core of what I want to do. But I'm also an artist so I try to do as many things as I can, but I always keep rap in the equation.

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My mom and I weren't that close when I was growing up because she was gone seven days of the week; she was always in church.

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I wanna take what I'm doing and create something around it as opposed to trying to fit into someone else's world.

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I knew that it's typical for a black kid to say, 'I'm just going to rap.' I was like, 'I'm going to rap, but I'm going to study, I'm going to figure out what this is and how to put it together.'

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At What Cost' means so many things: go-gos were shut down for our good, but at what cost?

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I don't have any idols, I owe it all to hardwork, dedication and competence.

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When I started soul-searching, I tapped into the old me and what I grew up around. I learned a lot about myself, and it really made me appreciate my upbringing.

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I grew up with go-go music. We wasn't really hip-hop fans.

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I create vibe-y dance music.

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I just love home. I just attached to it since I grew up there my entire life.

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I'm very self-aware.

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GoldLink is about my music and not so much about me. But it's cool that people are starting to notice who I am outside that.

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I'm very complex and complicated. I like a lot, a lot.

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I started rapping when I was 18-19.

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I just simply rap about my life.

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I never imagined myself being a rapper.

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I don't believe in coincidences. I believe that things happen for a reason, and I think God has things - whether it's good or bad - happen towards a bigger picture that you don't necessarily understand at the present time.

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The thing is, Mac Miller wrote all of 'Divine Feminine.' That was a great album.

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I wasn't really actively trying to pursue music, so I was really just allowed to create freely without any pressure or outside influences like, 'Oh, I should be making this' or 'I should be collaborating with this person.' It was just kind of like whatever I wanted to do. I was just having fun with it.

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I could rap really good on accident. I talk tight and it just sounded... I don't know. It's just such a big genre for me. At the end of the day, rap is the language of the world.

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With 'Opening Credit,' we were trying to establish a certain tone and put people in a specific mood.

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