Brandon Flowers Quotes

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.

The hip-hop community is made up of a lot of hustlers. Everybody is trying to get theirs, and everybody is trying to eat.

When you got a group like G-Unit... we sold millions of records, we got a lot of egos.

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.

I was 17 when I first started rapping and 18 before I started taking it seriously - when I really knew I could rap and have fans and be a trendsetter.

Drake and Kanye make me want to get better.

Honestly, as a rapper, the Freshman list is definitely the biggest milestone. Culture-wise - anything-wise - that's the biggest stamp.

When I was 20, I was the hustler - rubbing my temples, stressed, trying to get out the streets, trying to take my life to another side of the game with something I really loved to do: rap music.

People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those are two of my biggest strengths. It's dope to be compared to people who have longevity in the game because that's the most important thing for me: I want my name to live forever.

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like the Michael Jordan of rap if you applied yourself." There's a lot of people who are better at basketball than Michael Jordan, but Michael Jordan just wanted to be Michael Jordan, more.

Rap is the new rock 'n' roll. We the real rock stars, and I'm the biggest of all of them. I'm the No. 1 rock star on the planet.

The moment I made that decision to get in the studio and actually work and study the culture of hip-hop, then everything just started to open up and blossom for me.

I'm pretty sure JAY Z don't wanna rap right now.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.'

I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

I'm not afraid to say I'm competitive.

I probably went into sports with a sense of competitiveness and came out of it even more competitive.

It's not rage that drives me, it's competition.

I'm a hypercompetitive individual.