Top 87 Quotes & Sayings by JPEGMAFIA - Page 2

I really got deep into downloading music when I moved to the South and got a computer. So I was downloading the The Diplomats, AZ, Half-A-Mil, 40 Cal.

The first thing I ever put on the Internet was actually a beat tape, but the first thing I ever put on where I was rapping was called 'Generation Y,' and it was hella political.

People in rock had this idea that rappers aren't talented. In my opinion we're better writers, we think deeper, and our concepts are harder - Rap evolves faster than any other genre.

My music experience living in Baltimore was life-altering. To this day, there is no scene that works as hard or puts as much effort into their art.

I love Baltimore, I miss the people, but I think L.A. is way more chill.

I honed my craft in the military, because it's the only thing that got me through it, to be honest. Working on music - being able to come home and work on music whenever I got off - was essential. If I didn't have that, I probably would've lost my mind.

I enjoy making music more than anything in the world. It's the only thing that it's felt the same since I was like 15.

The only real thing I took away from the military is that it just reinforced all the things I already thought about the underbelly of America, like how racist it is. So, it didn't really affect my music literally, but it affected the way I work on it.

When I die, I want people to be like, 'Respect the music.' I don't really care if you hate me or like me - what I want badly is the validation and respect of the people.

There's just more emotion and raw feeling in Baltimore music. It can't be copied.

Baltimore has the hardest work ethic out of all cities. It makes you want to work harder.

I like for things to be judged fairly.

In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present.

My first live performance was when I was in the military. I went to some bar, and they had open mics. You could just sign up and perform. Nobody cared. Nobody liked it.

When I take from my influences, it's rare that I do it literally.

I'm very much a person of free thought.

If I wasn't making music I'd still be listening to it and talking about it. That's why I'm able to chill with Denzel Curry and then Jeff Tweedy, because the thing that's linking us is music.

There's no right or wrong way to do things and I think a lot of the SoundCloud rappers with their DIY music are proving that to be true.

On 'Black Ben Carson,' I had strict no melody thing. I wanted straight, raw, rugged noise music.

One consistent good thing I can say about the music industry is that at least I can make music freely now, and I don't have to do it when I'm off of a nine to five shift or something.

I been compared a lot to Brockhampton a lot.

After the military, I floundered around between jobs for a while, and there was an opportunity for me to go live in Japan. I was living on the Okinawa Airport Base, off the grid, no real address.

I am used to making people upset and uncomfortable with my lyrical content when it comes to music.

I don't think any other place puts out music with no promise of success and still works like Baltimore.

Most of my experience with racism comes from living in the South.

I started producing when I was listening to The Diplomats. The first time I heard Cam'ron was 'Dead or Alive.'

I'm an artist but I'm also a real person. I have bills like everyone else.