Kid Cudi Quotes:

I just wanna go on more adventures. Be around good energy. Connect with people. Learn new things. Grow

Topics: Adventure, People, Energy, Good Energy

I'm an emotional creature. I make music to express that.

Topics: Emotional, Creatures

When lifes seems hopeless, rearrange things for a dose of dopeness.

Topics: Moving On, Moving, Hopeless, Life Moves On, Dose

In music, you collaborate with people. It's supposed to be a mutually beneficial thing.

Topics: People, Beneficial

My mind runs I can never catch it even if I got a head start.

source: - Song: The Prayer

Topics: Running, Mind, Head Start

I'm well known because I do music at a professional level, and a certain magnitude.

Topics: Levels, Well Known, Certain

You sometimes think you want to disappear, but all you really want is to be found.

Topics: Thinking, Want, Sometimes, Lonely Feeling

If I never am better then Kanye, in my brain, I'm always going to be trying to be, forever and ever until the day that I die.

Topics: Forever, Brain, Trying

Living life is a choice. Making a difference in someone else's isn't.

Topics: Live Life, Differences, Choices

If somebody feels a certain way about me and I feel like they're misunderstanding me, I don't need to explain myself. I just try to shy away from it and just pretend like it never happened, and try to rekindle the friendship and let him know that its not like that.

Topics: Trying, Needs, Shy

You can always say sorry but the real apology is when you hear the sadness in their voice and see the look in their eyes. And you realize that they have hurt themselves just as much.

Topics: Hurt, Sorry, Real, I Am Sorry, Saying Sorry

I'm a people person when I'm out, but I'm a homebody. I like my time and peace and quiet.

source: - "Complex's Kid Cudi Cover Story: The Uncut Interview Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. August 15, 2009.

Topics: People, Quiet, Homebodies

You can't judge my choices without understanding my reasons.

Topics: Judging, Choices, Understanding, Do Not Judge

My mom missed meals on several occasions because there was only enough food to feed all of us. My mom didn't have a bed until I was 15 years old. She slept on a couch...I remember laying with her, like I used to sleep with my mom until I was like 12. I was a big baby; I'm a momma's boy. But my mom is my best friend, and never let me down, ever.

Topics: Mom, Baby, Sleep, Let Me Down

Not many people are true, fake as the lies they tell

Topics: Fake People, Lying, People

I was always the ugly duckling; I never got attention from girls.

Topics: Girl, Ugly Duckling, Attention, Ducklings

I just wanna learn and I wanna grow. I wanna consume as much information as possible. I wanna be great.

Topics: Information, Grows

Snoop [Dog] is my favorite artist of all time. He's someone I look up to.

Topics: Dog, Artist, Looks, Favorite Artist, Snoop Dog

And if I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take But please don't cry Just know that I have made these songs for you.

Topics: Song, Rap, Soul

I'm a dude who likes to create music with good feeling. I live like a chameleon through music. It all depends on what the beat tells me to do; that's why you're always gonna get passionate hooks, because I'm feeling the beats and the emotion behind the drums and melodies.

Topics: Feelings, Hook, Passionate

If I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest, if I fall if I die know I lived and missed some bullets

Topics: Fall, Bullets

I don't like to power trip, but when you're a boss you have to fight for certain things.

Topics: Fighting, Boss, Certain, Power Trip

It's true that the pain makes people change

Topics: Pain, People

To be considered a celebrity, there's a certain lifestyle that comes with that.

Topics: Lifestyle, Certain

I've got some issues that nobody can see and all of these emotions are pouring out of me I bring them to the light for you it's only right

Topics: Light, Issues, Pouring

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.

Topics: Heart, Different, Weirdo, Unexplainable

I'm confident in my art.

Topics: Art

Gentle with the drugs, heavy with the love

Topics: Drug, Heavy, Gentle

I never knew the media would be so interested in my personal life.

Topics: Media, Would Be, Personal Life

I hope they understand that I really understand That they don't understand

source: - Song: Ghost!, Album: Man On The Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager, 2010

I started doing cocaine to get through interviews, 'cause people wanted to know a lot about my personal life and I wasn't prepared for a 60 Minutes interview every time. Doing bumps I was able to get through the day, but then I would smoke weed to calm me down - it was the only way I could get through the day without people noticing I was doing it.

Topics: Weed, People, Bumps

I'll never get why the earth is a puzzle that i'll never fit.

Topics: Earth, Fit, Puzzles

I'm usually always thinking about the cons.

Topics: Thinking

My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.

Topics: People, Giving, Messages, Positive Messages

Emotion is what hip-hop thrives on. Don't you want your music to have emotion in it? People like to always throw some negative cloud over it. Doesn't even make sense.

Topics: Clouds, People, Hip Hop

Struggle is the enemy, but weed is the remedy.

Topics: Weed, Struggle, Enemy

My fans will tell you all day that I can rap. That's all I need.

Topics: Rap, Fans, Needs

I am happy, thats just the saddest lie

Topics: Lying

I'm a goofball and a comedian

Topics: Comedian

For even in hell, I still have faith, To one day be free with my father at the gates, But make no mistakes, Ill show you what time takes, To be a success on earth, mixed with all the hate, I stand on my pivot, my life you cannot live it For the things that Ive seen have been too damn explicit.

Topics: Father, Hate, Mistake

I'm a wizard and I know it.

Topics: Wizards

It's definitely the biggest lesson - not to take things personally. But it's also the hardest one.

Topics: Lessons, Hardest

I probably could have gone in depth about a lot of things, but then the album would've been longer. You can't have a short album when you're talking about suicide and cocaine. That's not going to be a short album.

Topics: Suicide, Talking, Depth

So with the freestyles, I just do it for fun. If I hear something that I like, I'm rapping on it.

Topics: Fun, Rap, Just Do It, Freestyle

I have to be ahead of myself so I don't just fit into the realm of everybody who sounds like me.

Topics: Sound, Fit, Realms

I hate playing the bass, bro. I've been playing the bass because it's there and I don't want anyone else to play it.

Topics: Hate, Play, Bass

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.

Topics: New York, America, People

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.

Topics: Fashion, People, Dresses, Fashion Industry

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?

Topics: Men, Sgt Pepper, Rocks, Tees, Goes Around Comes Around

Have you ever noticed, the saddest person has the most beautiful smile

Topics: Beautiful, Beautiful Smile, Persons

Music Has Been There For Me When No One Else Was And The Only Thing That Stays When Everyone Else Leaves

I hated suits until I wore a Calvin Klein; they just fit me.

Topics: Suits, Fit, Hated

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.

Topics: Dirty, Shoes, Vampire, Floats, Pair Of Shoes

The Moon Will Illuminate My Room And Soon Im Consumed By My Doom

source: - Song: Soundtrack To My Life, Album: Man on the Moon: The End of Day, 2009

Topics: Moon, Rooms, Doom

I like Louis Vuitton accessories, but I'd never wear their clothes. No offense, it's just not my steeze.

Topics: Clothes, Accessories, Louis Vuitton

I'm very close with my family, so my mom is part of my entourage.

Topics: Mom, Entourage, My Family

Dim them lights get it in pimp tight do wat i do i lace up my own nikes.

Topics: Nike, Light, Pimp

And I try to piece the puzzle of the universe, Split an eight of shrooms just so I could see the universe !

Topics: Eight, Trying, Pieces

I was definitely high-fiving death a couple of times.

Topics: Couple

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.

Topics: Kings, People, Perfect

Girls that I dated, it's ok I am not mad yo Unless you stabbed me in the heart, no love ho.

Topics: Girl, Heart, Mad, No Love

Ive always been ahead of the curve when it came to trying new stuff in the underground scene.

Topics: Curves, Trying, Stuff

My life is like a speeding bullet that just hasn't hit the target yet.

Topics: Life Is Like, Target, Bullets, Speeding, Dodging Bullets

It's the same old thing getting lost Day 'N' Nite young and lost in the pain.

Topics: Pain, Old Things, Getting Lost, Same Old Thing

You'd commit suicide trying to read my mind

Topics: Suicide, Mind, Trying

The devil tryna rip out my soul. Lost my soul.

Topics: Rip, Soul, Devil

I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know, everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold. But I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good.

source: - FaceBook post by Kid Cudi from Sep 28, 2012

Topics: Pursuit Of Happiness, Shining, Gold

I have all these revelations as I'm writing. Each song is like a chapter of my diary.

Topics: Song, Writing, Diaries

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.

Topics: Teacher, Trying, Acting, Kindergarten Teacher

Blood sweat and tears homie I'm made of it

Topics: Blood, Sweat, Tears, Sweat And Tears, Blood Sweat And Tears

Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold

Topics: Rap, Shining, Gold

If you wanna help, inspire, uplift, don't point the blame and talk down,

source: - "Azealia Banks and Kid Cudi lay into Kendrick Lamar over Ferguson", www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2015.

Topics: Uplifting, Inspire, Helping

I'm trying to change the world.

Topics: Trying, World, Changing The World, Trying To Change

Help Kids Not Feel Alone And Stop Kids From Committing Suicide

Topics: Suicide, Kids, Helping

The people I met and the places I been Are all what make me the man I so proudly am.

Topics: Men, People, He Man

You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow, rather lay awake in a bed full of sorrow

Topics: Sorrow, Bed, Trials

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.

Topics: People, Misunderstood, Trying, Kilts, Natural Instinct

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?

source: - Song: Enter Galactic, Album: Man on the Moon: The End of Day, 2009

Topics: Imagination, Imagine, Easy

The ones that make it complicated never get congratulated

Topics: Complicated

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.

Topics: Sleep, Wake Up, Red, Markers, Pillowcases

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.

Topics: Growing Up, Home, Mean, Family Home

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.

Topics: Hip Hop, Cleveland, Hips

Don't let the sadness from the past and fear of the future ruin the happiness of the present.

Topics: Sadness, Past, Ruins, Fear Of The Future

People say that bad memories cause the most pain, but it's actually the good ones that drive you insane.

Topics: Pain, Memories, People, Bad Memories

In the end they'll judge me anyway, so whatever.

source: - Song: Up Up and Away, Album: Man on the Moon: The End of Day, 2009

Topics: Judging, Judge Me, Ends

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.

Topics: Regret, Sometimes, Realizing, Never Regret

Running from your problems is a race you'll never win.

Topics: Running, Winning, Race, Running Race

The three things a guy should want to change about his girl is her last name, address and her viewpoint on men.

Topics: Girl, Men, Names

Always say how you feel because you never know if you'll get the chance again.

Topics: How You Feel, Chance, Feels

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.

Topics: Regret, Heart, The End Of The Day, Heart Of A Lion

When you try to convince yourself that something doesn't bother you, it usually bothers you more.

Topics: Trying, Bother, Convince

Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't truly understand.

Topics: Strong, Strong Opinions, Opinion

I don't love who I am so I'm working on a fix

Topics: Who I Am

The end is never the end. A new challenge awaits. A test no man could be prepared for. A new hell he must conquer and destroy. A new level of growth he must confront himself. The machine in the ghost within. This is the journey of the man on the moon.

source: - Song: Up Up and Away, Album: Man on the Moon: The End of Day, 2009

Topics: Journey, Men, Moon

Wake up, life does get tough. No need to stress, holds you back too much.

Topics: Stress, Doe, Needs

Learn from this, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Hell does have an exit, and I found it. For those who are still looking for a way out, I left the door open and I'll be waiting for whoever wants to grow with me.

Topics: Tunnels, Light, Doors

I love Sweden. In Sweden, the women are just so hot. Their vibe is so amazing. You feel like every girl out there was genetically altered to just be hot. I did not see one ugly woman out there, it was just a line of continuously hot girls.

source: - "The Kid Cudi Interview" by Patrick McGuire, thewamagazine.com. 2009.

Topics: Girl, Hot, Sweden, Ugly Women, Hot Girl

But i was high, when i finally had the chance to see, everything thats pretty aint’ always good for me.

source: - Song: High's N Lows

Topics: Chance

Dont call me a rapper, I’m an artist. Update your minds. I ‘INCORPORATE’ hip hop elements because I am part MC, but I am all things musical. All things melodically beautiful.

Topics: Beautiful, Artist, Rapper

All I wanted to do was help kids not feel alone, and stop kids from committing suicide.

source: - "Kid Cudi Tells Arsenio Hall What He Would Change About Hip Hop, Takes Jab At Drake", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2014.

Topics: Suicide, Kids, Helping

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 Barack Obama getting elected.

source: - "Kid Cudi: 'I've always been ahead of the curve'" by Archna Sawjani, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2009.

Topics: Optimistic, People, Want, Bigger Picture

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.

source: - "Complex's Kid Cudi Cover Story: The Uncut Interview Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. August 15, 2009.

Topics: Goal, Navy, Energy, True Things, Accomplishing Something

I'm a goofball and a comedian.

source: - "Kid Cudi's Complex Cover Story: The Outtakes". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. October 12, 2010.

Topics: Comedian