Top 142 Tupac Quotes & Sayings

Allen Iverson was the Tupac of basketball; he was a true revolutionary.

With Biggie, I thought his flow and his swag was better than Tupac's, but I thought Tupac's passion and ability to relate to the average person was better than Biggie, and I thought Nas was kind of like both, with a lot substance going but a lot of swag.

Tupac the son of the Black Panther, and Tupac the rider. Those are the two people inside of me. I was raised off those ideals.

I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls.

I have a lot of friends who are in love the '90s. Girls, boys. '90s music? That's Tupac. That's Biggie. That's TLC. That's Aaliyah. I still listen to Aaliyah. I still listen to Tupac and Biggie. There's people who are really heavy on that culture.

My biggest influence is Tupac. He was a poet, and listening to Tupac is what inspired me to start rapping.

Tupac was the first artist that I really related to.

I'm not really interested in anybody, that's why I started rapping. I'm still a fan of Tupac. That's the only rapper that I'm still like, "Oh! Tupac!"

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

I'm better than Tupac and Biggie. I say that so now you know where my head at.

Tupac is my favorite artist, and he had mad style.

If Elvis is alive, Tupac is alive. I saw Tupac on 46th Street selling Biggie t-shirts 2 for 10 dollars.

My dad did not play Biggie or Tupac, so I had never heard it.

Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that's me, too; that's who I've always been.

Who doesn't love Tupac? Those records have such swagger to them. The groove is just incredible.

There's a great documentary on Tupac called 'Resurrection' about the last few years of Tupac's life and how he transformed. And, ironically, how this East Coast rapper became this West Coast icon, back when all that Death Row/Sean Combs stuff was going on.

In 2011, a lot of people didn't even know I did 'Tupac Back.'

For sure Tupac [Shakur]. Without a doubt. I have to have Pac at the party doing it!

That's what Tupac and I got from my dad - the rebellion and the need to fight back and be recognized for being different.

He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does.

He's a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually.

Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, Big L, Tupac. That was, like, my top five, generally.

I like a lot of artists but I think the one that touched me the most was probably Tupac, coming up. Cause that was my generation, so Tupac was mine.

Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.

Before I got signed to Bad Boy, I grew up listening to Snoop and Tupac and my hood was all Tupac driven.

Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of people, the newfound Tupac fans... they're into Death Row-era Tupac. But that was only nine months!

Tupac was a glorious person, and he had all the right intentions.

I listen to a lot of Tupac and Biggie Smalls. Old school songs. Rick Ross. I listen to a guy ASAP Rocky. I like different kinds of music. I always have. It motivates me before games... A Tupac playlist or a Meek Mill playlist. It varies.

Tupac is definitely an icon. There'll never be another Tupac, so I'm not gonna ever, ever try to fill those shoes. I'm just gonna stay in my lane and be the best me that I can be.

Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.

I like Jay-Z. I love Luda. I love Ledisi. I like Beyonce, of course. I think she's just brilliant. She's a triple threat. But my favorite - my all-time rapper is Tupac. See, I could have been Tupac's girlfriend.

Everything my fans tell me is the way I felt when I was a Tupac fan coming up. My fans tell me, 'Boosie will make you feel like you was in the household watching everything that was happening to me, with your music.' That's how Tupac made me feel, like everything he was talking about I was living. My music do that, you know?

Tupac was just so passionate about what he believes in and not afraid to say anything.

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.

I wanted to be like Tupac.

I'm not Tupac or this prophetic dude or anything like that. I just want to make music and have fun.

Me and Tupac were long-time friends.

Tupac was real and honest about every question I asked.

Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.

Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.

Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved artist of all time.

When I was 10 years old my mom used to play Tupac while she cleaned the house.

I went to Baltimore School of the Arts, which is known for discovering Tupac and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Tupac gave us validity. Tupac made the kid getting beat up every day realize that it was okay to be smart. Tupac made the knucklehead realize that it was okay to stay home and read a book. A fool at 40, a fool forever.

I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part.

I kinda got an old soul a little bit, I listen to a lot of Tupac before my games, Tupac and Biggie.

My Mom and my Pops liked Tupac a lot.

Justin Bieber is like the white Tupac. Compared to a lot of people.

When Tupac came out, my writing changed for sure. I learned from it. It was a cultural thing.

I worked with Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Tupac! But Tupac was the sweetest man in the world. That whole thug thing was an act - it was silly and dumb. He was a complete gentleman and one of the kindest men I've ever met.

No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.

All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.

I ain't a thug - how much Tupac in you you got?

Tupac is definitely a legend.

Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it's worth a lot.

My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac was. They had TuPac t-shirts, TuPac posters, TuPac cassettes... everyone knew TuPac, and sometimes that was the only English that they spoke, was TuPac lyrics.

Tupac Shakur is something that, of course I want to make the Tupac movie, I love Tupac, but when that movie was announced, we didn't even have a script yet. It was just being written. People announce things too soon. If you go to any filmmaker - Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, Ben Affleck, Michael Mann - you go in their offices and there are scripts everywhere and there's about four or five of them you really want to make.

I've always been a huge Tupac fan, and I often listen to him for inspiration or when I'm stuck.

I enjoy Tupac's music. I enjoy Tupac.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.