Kid Cudi
I just wanna learn and I wanna grow. I wanna consume as much information as possible. I wanna be great.Collection: Great
My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.Collection: Positive
I'm trying to change the world.Collection: Change
Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe I'll become a kindergarten teacher.Collection: Teacher
My life is like a speeding bullet that just hasn't hit the target yet.
I hated suits until I wore a Calvin Klein; they just fit me.
I like Louis Vuitton accessories, but I'd never wear their clothes. No offense, it's just not my steeze.
I have all these revelations as I'm writing. Each song is like a chapter of my diary.
'Gorgeous' was one of those records that, as soon as I heard the beat, I was like, 'Man, this is the one. This is that 'This Can't Be Life' Kanye beat.'
I've always been ahead of the curve when it came to trying new stuff in the underground scene.
Whatever Kanye tells me, I just try to put it in my little machine and make the perfect solution for it. That's always our collab formula, and that's just how 'Gorgeous' came about.
I'm not that big a fan of sampling. But I feel like if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it to where it's more of a reimagining of a track. The songs that I do utilize samples on, most of it you wouldn't even be able to tell what it was unless I told you.
I used to take Sharpies and draw on my pillowcases, and then go to sleep on them and wake up with red marker from the drool all on my face.
I'm very close with my family, so my mom is part of my entourage.
I like to get one pair of shoes and wear them till they're dirty. Besides, I don't walk - I glide, like butter. Float like a vampire. I'm like Louis Vuitton, but smoother. He wishes he were like me.
These things were happening in my life where I was like, 'Man, I wish my pops was here to see this.' I never had those thoughts before fame, when my life was just a regular life. I wasn't saying, 'I wish my dad could be around and see me working at Applebee's.'
Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.
There was a moment in time where I was really focused on the Navy and I followed through with it - I passed the test. I was happy with myself because I was accomplishing something and I was really working towards a goal. That was the first true thing I invested my energy in.
I've always felt that because I'm from Cleveland, which isn't recognised as a place for hip-hop, I needed to step it up if I wanted to make myself known.
My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in a middle-class suburb. That doesn't mean I didn't experience hardship, but to me it's not about that, it's about the future and where we are trying to take it.
'Just What I Am' took me all of 10 minutes to make. 'Immortal' maybe took 30 minutes. It's not hard for me. 'Indicud' is almost what my first album should have sounded like, had I really been able to channel all of the ideas I had into music.
I went out of my way to make 'Immortal' sound perfect. 'Immortal,' 'Just What I Am,' and 'King Wizard,' those are perfect beats. Not a lot of people can perform on them. I say that meaning they're tailor-made for me.
Some people just don't want to see change, but thankfully there are a lot of people more optimistic for something new in music, even with the bigger picture like with Obama getting elected.
The tour bus is always fun, and there's plenty of time to watch movies. Actually, Kanye introduced me to the movie 'Step Brothers.' We were sitting there, watching it and clowning around - it was so funny, man.
I like being a consumer. I'll do collabs with brands I like, only because I would like something free to wear. But I don't want people to dress like me, which is what you're asking when you create a brand. The fashion industry's just a super-duper headache.
In America, we're kind of lazy. But in New York, it's one of those places where you see the majority of people hustling. If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
I like What Goes Around Comes Around for old concert tees. Oh man, I got this 'Sgt. Pepper' cartoon Beatles shirt there; it was, like, $300. I didn't even know how much it cost - I thought it was gonna be, like, $80 at most - till I got to the register and was like, 'Oh mah gawd!' Good Lord. But it's classic vintage rock, you know?
The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they don't want change, they don't like change. And I get that, that's cool. Luckily for me, I'm confident in myself as an artist where I can do what I want, and as long as I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.
Don't let the sadness from the past and fear of the future ruin the happiness of the present.Collection: Sadness
You sometimes think you want to disappear, but all you really want is to be found.Collection: Thinking
When lifes seems hopeless, rearrange things for a dose of dopeness.Collection: Moving On
I just wanna go on more adventures. Be around good energy. Connect with people. Learn new things. GrowCollection: Travel
You can't judge my choices without understanding my reasons.Collection: Judging
My mind runs I can never catch it even if I got a head start.Collection: Running
People say that bad memories cause the most pain, but it's actually the good ones that drive you insane.Collection: Pain
In the end they'll judge me anyway, so whatever.Collection: Judging
Never regret something, because at one point everything you did was exactly what you wanted to do. And sometimes that's the hardest thing to realize.Collection: Regret
Have you ever noticed, the saddest person has the most beautiful smileCollection: Beautiful
Running from your problems is a race you'll never win.Collection: Running
I'm on the pursuit of happiness, and I know, Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, Hey, I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good...Collection: Pursuit Of Happiness
The Moon Will Illuminate My Room And Soon Im Consumed By My DoomCollection: Moon
If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down.Collection: Uplifting
The three things a guy should want to change about his girl is her last name, address and her viewpoint on men.Collection: Girl
Weird itself, even in the dictionary, is just something that is different and unexplainable. A weirdo is someone who follows their heart. Im definitely weird, aint nothing wrong with that.Collection: Heart
I know it's easy to imagine, But it's easier to just do, See, if you can't do what you imagine, then what is imagination to you?Collection: Imagination
At the end of the day, you can't regret it if you were trying. At the end of the day I'm walking with a heart of a lion.Collection: Regret
Everything that shines ain't always gonna be goldCollection: Rap
Always say how you feel because you never know if you'll get the chance again.Collection: How You Feel
You'd commit suicide trying to read my mindCollection: Suicide
I'm a people person when I'm out, but I'm a homebody. I like my time and peace and quiet.Collection: People