Vince Staples Quotes

I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.

I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.

Representation makes a difference.

I know I have a voice, and I want to use that voice as much as I can to bring things forward.

As a daughter of a former NAACP chapter president, I know all too well how everyday people can change lives and create progress so many others consider 'impossible.'

Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

I'm getting to use my platform as the Bachelorette - on my season - to really make change through my experience.

I felt like it was a sense of duty for me to give these women a voice.

I feel like you have to use your energy, you have to use your resources to help those who don't have a voice. Whereas back in the day, you could say, "I didn't know about this. What was I supposed to do? One person can't make a difference." No, like, none of that's valid. You can make a difference, and you do have a voice.

If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless; if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have your advantages, then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your existence, but thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped transform for the better. We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

I want to make a difference.

One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.

I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I hope that my writing won't be affected too much by my personal life.

I tend to focus on young people and on giving a voice to groups of people who don't normally get their voices heard.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence.

I hope that a lot of the men and women who feel forgotten in this country really see that they have in me a champion.

I'm known as a voice for a generation of people that don't have a voice.

I'm the people's champion.

I will be O.K. without football. I want to fight for the people who won't be O.K.

I will keep speaking for my people.

Am I attracted to people who want to give other people a voice? Yes I am, and that may be a 'common denominator with the characters that I play.