Top 42 Quotes & Sayings by J.I.D

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician J.I.D.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
J.I.D

Destin Choice Route, better known by his stage name JID, is an American rapper and singer. He is a part of the musical collective Spillage Village, founded by EarthGang in 2010, with Hollywood JB, JordxnBryant, and 6lack, among others. He is signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records and Interscope Records. He is also a member of the hip hop supergroup Zoink Gang, with Smino, Buddy and Guapdad 4000.

I do order from UberEats.
I've always been able to write. I've always been able to put a good essay in or say whatever I wanted to say through the pen. That was a gift of mine. I feel like it was what I was meant to do.
I'm never comfortable. — © J.I.D
I'm never comfortable.
How I did the first 'DiCaprio,' it was mine. I was pulling from everywhere. I was getting stuff from movies. I was getting stuff from interviews. Everywhere. And it was fine, because it was just put out for free on SoundCloud.
Initially, I wanted to be a writer for other people. 'Hereditary,' I was writing it from a woman's perspective.
I got kicked out of school because I was wilding.
Rap is very competitive. I just think I'm light years better than anybody.
I've always been talented, always been able to sing or remember a song after hearing it one time.
I didn't even expect myself to do music.
I don't care about being famous.
Only person who took me serious was my mom and my sister Rachael.
I started writing music around 20 years old.
I don't try to make one thing. I really try to experiment, even if its just the vocals or the beat. I can't really describe my sound.
My family big as hell, man.
I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be. — © J.I.D
I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be.
I am always able to find that solitude. I am always able to find that peace. Which is tight. That is what has helped me keep going.
I'm from the same area as Gucci Mane. I stayed off Bouldercrest road. I stayed off Glenwood.
Change is definitely every day. It's an ever-changing world. Everything changes, so I really don't know. I just hope I become a better person, a better man.
I feel like hip-hop inspires everything.
I want to be remembered. I want to have a legacy. Van Gogh only sold one painting before he died, which would mean that he wasn't famous when he was alive. But in 2017, I know who Van Gogh is.
Momma's girls are different. They are intense.
I always loved hip-hop, being a black little kid. I always used to freestyle on the bus when I was young. It was always a part of my life.
I'm reclusive when it comes to me giving art away because I get real sensitive about that and critiques.
'Lauder' is a favorite because the name of the song is a friend of mine who passed away.
I ain't going at nobody else pace.
New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.
Nobody on Earth does a project by himself. So you have to make sure your team is intact.
I feel like the world is getting dumber. I don't necessarily think people are stupid, but I think we're getting dumber.
From the outside-in, Atlanta is kind of perceived as like popcorn. People don't respect it as having artists such as myself and EarthGang and other lyrical talents and album-worthy artists.
My writing process is consecutive, like, 'mad scientist' crazy. It's not totally writing something that rhymes or even writing a rap necessarily. Sometimes it's just writing down stuff that I'm going through.
I ran track and played football... I was an all-American. — © J.I.D
I ran track and played football... I was an all-American.
My folks kicked me out of the crib, so I was homeless, living out the whip.
'As' by Stevie Wonder - it's the greatest song ever written, bro.
I got the name from my grandma because when I was a baby, she used to call me jittery. I used to move around real fast.
I try to be, like, hella sensitive to my surroundings.
I grew up pretty fast because I had a lot of older brothers and sisters.
It never really mattered to me trying to get somewhere fast because if you get somewhere fast, you probably won't stay there too long.
I always try to get to the point where I can do different things with my voice.
For me to be creative, I have to have peace.
My family was always musically inclined.
Just to be, overall, I want to be one of the greats: overall, someone that leaves a good mark, someone everybody always remember. — © J.I.D
Just to be, overall, I want to be one of the greats: overall, someone that leaves a good mark, someone everybody always remember.
I try to read as much as I can.
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