Humans are a mixed bunch, and we deal with stress, anxiety, and depression in different ways.
For some, like American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur Kevin Gates, making music is the perfect outlet.
And when it transcends the deeply personal and reaches the people who listen to it, this music can inspire others to take risks and get to know themselves better.
We hope the following Kevin Gates quotes will inspire you to find the best way out ofarecreative genius
Index
- 63 quotes from Kevin Gates
- Kevin Gates quotes about love
- Kevin Gates quotes about life
- Conclusion
Kevin Gates quotes about love
1. “I married my best friend, who happens to be a girl.”
2. “If you watch the movie 'Belly', I identify more with Sincero. I am a gangster. I love my lady to death. I'm not in the game for the wrong reasons. I'm not in the game for glory. I'm in the game to survive so the people I love can be straight. I am a very intelligent person”.
3. “I have a heart full of love, with a lot of love to give. So giving you a hug might have been all you needed. Me shaking your hand, looking into your eyes, telling you I understand, us connecting. This is worth more than money to me.
4. “You have to make this personfell in lovewith you again because they have no memory or recollection of who you were back then. Because you are a different person every time you come home, you grow."
6. “The more I grow in popularity, the lonelier it gets. Because you don't really know me. You only know that part of me. You fell in love with him. But he is much more intricate than what you find on the surface.
7. “It wasn't about the sex, it was what gave her that spiritual connection, that metaphysical connection. when you loveof the soul, is different."
8. “Anything that I have a natural love, respect or admiration for, I tattoo on my body. My next tattoo will probably be Muhammad Ali. I haveBob Marley, I have Elvis, I have Malcolm X. I have so many tattoos. It's crazy. I'm really running out of space. but when i goget tattoosIt's therapeutic for me too."
9. “I have a hard time letting go. That's my problem. Anyone who has extreme ups and downs is bipolar by all psychologists and that's not necessarily true."
10. “White, Asian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Colombian, Black, whatever. And I love everyone. I don't see the color."
Kevin Gates quotes about life
11. “Life is about conduct and how we behave. But two wrongs never make a right."
12. “I will keep working and the universe will open up and whatever path comes my way, this is the path I will follow.”
13. “Or help them get to the root of the problem. Or help them figure out what the problem is. Because the problem is within ourselves, and many times we don't look within as individuals. We always look for something else as a substitute, like a pacifier. You have to look at yourself first."
14. “Man, all lives matter.”
15. “Whatever an individual decides to do to himself, as long as it doesn't affect me and I'm respectful of it, I don't care what he does. Because I'm not perfect and I have flaws, so who would I be for?be critical?”
16. “I've always been a reader. My grandmother simply expressed the importance of literacy if she said it correctly. She always expressed the importance of knowing how to write and knowing how to read.
17. “There is light at the end of the tunnel, but you have to believe in yourself.”
19. “I treat people how I would like other people to treat me and that is my definition of respect in its entirety.Treat people how you would like to be treated. You know, sometimes you have to get out of yourself. (...) I'll look for her shoes. I may not feel like smiling, but I will because I know that saying hello or just being polite can change someone's entire day. So that's my definition of respect."
20. “Anyone who is close to brilliant will suffer from depression. Because you don't see the world the way other people see the world. You see what it is. You look different."
21. “Without true pain, one could never know true happiness.”
22. “My life is a sacrifice, I don't even care. It's for the people I love, not for me."
23. “I dug it out of the mud, no one ever gave me anything.”
24. “So, I make music for those kinds of people who were destroyed by life because they had a good heart. Every time you get knocked down, I will rebuild you."
25. "Sometimes the best move is not to make a move at all."
26. “Let me listen to the music. I'll let the music tell me which way to go. Forward, backward, left, right. It's like boxing. I am only as strong as my opponent."
27. “Good decisions come from bad decisions. No matter what happens in my life, whether happy or unhappy, I still have a wealth of experience."
28. “Adversity builds character. The one who faints inadversityIt is not strong".
29. "I cannot say that no artist inspired me, because I am inspired by the things that happen around me."
30. "If you don't embrace your destiny, if you don't believe in determination, you will be exterminated."
31. “I love being clean. I wear the same things, all my clothes look the same. I am a simple and direct type of guy. I don't really do a lot of busy colors and things of that nature. I feel like less is more."
32. “I feel that young people lack guidance. And because they have no guidance, I saw a lot of people who were children when I left, I saw them in a downward spiral. And that's what made me have this thing called 'Achievement Academy'. We are talking to young people. We attend different high schools and share previous experiences with them. We talk about choices and we talk about decision making. (...) So, if I speak to a thousand people and only a hundred understand the message, I did something, I achieved something”.
33. "I have a cult following because I exemplify what it is to be a human being."
35. “The energy during the day is very different because everyone is very unhappy and depressed and you can pick up on that energy psychokinetically. So I like to go out at night. Everything is solved, you can see more.
36. “I'm a big skeptic, so I'm not going to agree with what a person can tell me. I have to do the research. I'm going to take different literature on this subject and just compare and contrast. I do my own selective studies.
37. “My way of thinking, I guess. I used to handle things totally differently than how I handle them now. And I think that comes with growth and maturity. And when you grow up, your way of life changes. Everything changes. Things that were interesting at one point are not so interesting now."
38. "Never let anyone tell you what you can't do."
39. “You don't have to like it, but you have to respect it.”
40. “Sometimes I wish I was an intellectual. Sometimes I like to be aggressive and direct in my feelings. Sometimes I can be emotional, or sometimes I can drag along and be lazy. I just like to share Kevin Gates' different states of existence with the rest of the world."
41. “I have to make myself happy first. Happiness comes from within. It does not come from external things, pacifiers. I realized that whenever a crisis occurs, right after a crisis, there is always an opportunity.”
42. "I don't live backwards, I live in the present because you don't have to start over."
43. "Take me as I am or not!"
44. "Whenever the leaves are changing, it's the loneliest time of the year."
45. "Make your own choices, your own decisions, your own thoughts and feel your own feelings."
46. “I believed that my faith was strengthened by all the difficulties I faced. Being able to come out on the other side makes you have a greater belief and appreciation for God. It also makes you believe in and appreciate your own abilities more.”
47. “I'm watching Kevin Gates grow up. I'm proud of it. He is starting to make no excuses. He is starting to take responsibility. I'm proud of him. He took a little longer than most people. Women mature faster than men, but I'm proud of him."
48. "I don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing."
49. “I have no religion. I have nothing wrong with the church as long as they sell chicken. Because I read the Quran, I read Kabbalah, I read the Bible. They all have the same three basic principles: love God, love your neighbor as yourself and… As for me, I live according to these principles.”
50. “My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she emphasized to me the importance of reading, of articulating well ”.
51. “The way you judge a man based on his character is how he treats his family. You can be a great person on the streets. This public display, this is public affection, but who you are in private defines who you are to me.
52. "Everything has its place in the world, even chance."
53. “I am also a hypersensitive person. EITHERsmallest thingmight stand out to me. I could do a song about this interview. I live life and then I rap about it. Who knows what I can say? I really say what I feel. When I'm in the moment, no matter what I'm feeling, I let it all out.
54. “Most epiphanies are driven by loneliness. Self-reflection is the best reflection.”
55. “The more I grow in popularity, the lonelier it gets. Because you don't really know me. You only know that part of me. You fell in love with him. But he is much more intricate than what you find on the surface.
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56. “I don't want handouts. I want to get it out of the mud.
57. “I always got up alone. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people, I don't do that. That is not me."
58. “I came into the game with a different attitude than I do now. And I had to grow. I had to grow up. In that growth and in that maturity, at that point of maturity, I realized that yes, the people who interview me, we really just talk. And they don't have the same lifestyle as me, so my life is very interesting for them.
59. “If I tell the truthabout meWhat can the world say? I would love to be accepted, but I am not looking for acceptance. If you're a fan, it's because you're a fan of who I am psychologically, emotionally and individually. The world can relate more to a human being than to a superstar."
60. “Live as if at any moment you could wake up with no money.”
61. “I had to have determination to keep going. I had to realize that not everyone is going to like me, but the people who love me and support me, that's a blessing."
62. "I'm always looking for something new to conquer."
63. “Realizing the power I have in my words and my actions, theyreally hurt people. It's a sad world when people look up to such a good person and you put your fears and traumas on others because of what you've been through. Not everyone has lived the same life as me. Taking responsibility is saying: 'What can I do to improve?'”
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Conclusion
Kevin Gates makes no secret of the fact that he has fallen on hard times and has suffered in ways most of us have not.
Share your experiences not to shame those who haven't, but to help others find healthy outlets for their pain and creative energy.
Which of the Kevin Gates quotes in this article stood out to you?
Even if your background and yours are more different than similar, what can you learn from your perspective and the way you share it?
When you're struggling with depression or anxiety, it sometimes helps to read the words of those who have been where you are, even if they handle it differently.
Don't be afraid to try something you're not used to.