Big Sean

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When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music.
- Big Sean
Collection: Teacher
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In the studio, I always put on National Geographic for inspiration. Looking at lions eating gazelles, all that type of stuff.
- Big Sean
Collection: Inspiration
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I really just appreciate good jewelry, clarity, gold. I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am. That's why I rock gold and, you know, stuff like that.
- Big Sean
Collection: Kings
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It was just cool to see my friends so inspired, and I'm by no means the biggest rapper in the world, but I'm on my way up. I feel like I'm going to keep going and delivering good music every time. It was cool to show people that it's real to do what you want to do.
- Big Sean
Collection: Real
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I feel like Im able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.
- Big Sean
Collection: Past
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I don't call my people fans, I call them believers, because they go above and beyond.
- Big Sean
Collection: People
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Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.
- Big Sean
Collection: Rap
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Ariana is a huge supporter of mine; she's a big fan - she told me that when I met her. She's cool, her voice is crazy, she's got a great, great voice.
- Big Sean
Collection: Crazy
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It has no color to it. If you can rap good, you can rap good. I look at Mac Miller, who’s one of my homies, and I look at Wiz Khalifa, who’s one of my homies, and I don’t look at Mac different because he’s white. He’s my homie.
- Big Sean
Collection: Rap
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Million dollar deals in my email, you mad as hell you ain't CC'ed
- Big Sean
Collection: Mad
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Bout to inhale like I'm finnin to see Satan. We're Satanic. It's the law.
- Big Sean
Collection: Law
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I just knew what I wanted to be since the third grade. And I always did well in school, I was the type to get good grades, I never really got below Cs or nothing like that. I always kept it A-B. But there's no school for rap.
- Big Sean
Collection: Rap
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It's easier to record in LA than in New York and Detroit, because the space in LA is green, and there's sunshine, and I need all those positive vibes.
- Big Sean
Collection: New York
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Definitely people like Kanye, inspired me to work hard. He's somebody who I've seen put that grind in over the years.
- Big Sean
Collection: Hard Work
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Everything I wanted to do was big. I feel like my music is big, the mark I'ma leave in this world is big, so I feel like that's the perfect name.
- Big Sean
Collection: Names
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Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give.
- Big Sean
Collection: Giving
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I want to win some awards, sell more records - just do whatever I want.
- Big Sean
Collection: Winning
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Chains and stuff are nice, don't get me wrong I love them and I wear chains, but I can do without it.
- Big Sean
Collection: Nice
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I ended up getting a lion chain. I had to make my own mascot - I want to start my own dynasty eventually.
- Big Sean
Collection: Want
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I think it's tacky to have chains that go all the way down to your crotch.
- Big Sean
Collection: Thinking
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Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I've worked on - it's really about just being the artist I am.
- Big Sean
Collection: Artist
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It was probably in third grade - I had a super fake, gold herringbone chain. I don't remember if it was my mom's or how I got it, but ever since then, I've loved chains.
- Big Sean
Collection: Mom