Borns Quotes

It's always my goal to raise the bar with each record I put out.

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

As my guitar playing dwindled, something else in my music got better.

I think we always have to put forth music that's better than the last.

I have no doubt that the music I release next will be better.

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop.

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.

In terms of growing as a songwriter, I'm just a guy who understands the craft better. I understand what I want to do with it. I think that's where I've grown. Have I fully achieved that? No, but I don't think you ever do. There's always room to grow.

I'm just trying to up my films - how every film should be better than the previous one. That's what I struggle for.

Part of being in a band is getting better.

Every time I make a new album, I get better and better.

Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they don't feel like they've done it yet. It pushes you to evolve.

With each film, I try to outdo my previous films.

Just trying to make my music as good as possible and to keep performing and just keep moving.

We're always trying to outdo ourselves, trying to do better, trying to write better songs. I think we want to inspire other people as well, so that's what we'll try to do through future songs.

I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.

I'm able to come and do a new sound and grow even more and make greater songs because my song-making abilities have grown.

I ain't drop an album since I was 25. I rap way better. I've experienced way more.

I'm probably tougher on myself than I used to be. I'll revise my lyrics more. Part of that is working with the right people and producers who will say, 'How can you make that better?' Allowing yourself to collaborate with people will push you toward transcendence.

As I'm growing, so is my music.

Every time I hear a recording I've made, I hear all kinds of things I could improve or things I should have done. There's always so much more to be done in music. It's so vast.

I'm constantly evolving as a musician.

The thing is, if you're a designer, then you want to constantly push yourself and your designs.

I think most producers and MCs are constantly in this competition, but it's usually with yourself. It's usually wanting to be innovative: wanting to catch yourself when you're doing the same thing or throwing out the same art you've already done.

The thing I love about music is, if you do it long enough, you get better and better at translating what's in your head to a medium. That's why I keep doing it.