Curtis Jackson Quotes

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

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

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?

... encourage the free play of our people's genius for individual initiative.

I definitely feel like I'm at that point where it's nice to not have to sit at home and wait to be invited to the party, but to be creating work for yourself.

One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be motivated, than working on the right thing and do it my way and not be motivated.

I don't have a boss. I don't answer to anybody. I do everything that I want to do out of the purity of making people happy.

Whatever I do, I like to be the one doing it. I don't just like to get someone in to run it and put a name to it.

You don't have to wait for anyone's approval to do things.

But all the magic I have known I've had to make myself.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.

When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!

I don't want any man to have control over me.

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

I just know that it's smart for my career to carve my own path and do my own thing.

If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.