Nipsey Hussle Quotes

My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

I think that initial independence is very important; that's what being an entrepreneur is all about.

I had been an independent entrepreneur from the beginning, and I felt I could do it myself. I didn't want to get a job.

I knew I always wanted to be my own boss. My mum would say I've been my own boss since primary school. It was probably always my destiny.

When there is no work, I create my own.

You never work for someone else. The truth is someone is paying you to work for yourself.

I never got a job I didn't create for myself.

See yourself as self employed.

What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your right to get a bonus. However, it also means your income will no longer be limited, you will use your time more effectively, and you will no longer need to beg for favours from people anymore.

You never work for somebody else. Someone else might sign your check, but you're the one who fills in the amount.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.

Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

It's hard for me to work for somebody else. I can work with someone, but not for someone.

I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do. That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy.

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.

I'm the type of person that doesn't like to wait for people to do things for me, and I never want to feel stuck. Why sit around and be like, 'I wish my label would book me some studio time,' if I can just buy my own studio equipment and figure out how to run Pro Tools and record it myself?

You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to be cast.

I've never liked the idea of working for other people.

I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.