Lupe Fiasco Quotes

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

I have never done films to prove a point to anyone; I have done them for myself.

I'm just going to keep trying to write music for me because that's what got me here.

I feel very strong about 'Brother.' This is me. I've been writing with a much more free sky, open and free.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

Music I do just for me.

I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal student.

I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint.

I just believe that the way that young people's minds develop is fascinating. If you are doing something for a grade or salary or a reward, it doesn't have as much meaning as creating something for yourself and your own life.

I feel a kind of permission and freedom in my work that I might not allow myself in my real life.

I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation.

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.

I just make music that I love. I'm kind of selfish when I make music. I'm like, 'Do I like this?'

I'm trying to do something more than just be a champion who wins fights.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

Really I've just gotta be making really great music that I love and not worrying too much about what other people are gonna think about it.

I work when I feel like I can do something that pleases me, that I think I can give a little more than I've given up to yesterday.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I need theatre for my equilibrium because in theatre, the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity; you are more independent.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career.

I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.