Donald Glover famous quotes

A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.
-- Donald Glover

#Wanted

I hope people come to the shows because they feel like there's something there that I can't necessarily articulate, but it's real and it's fun.
-- Donald Glover

#Fun #Real #People

I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it.
-- Donald Glover

#Hate #Kids #People

People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it.
-- Donald Glover

#Men #People #Stuff

I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.
-- Donald Glover

I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them.
-- Donald Glover

#Rap #Want #Faces

Rapper, just puts so much connotation on who you are and what is exposed. Even if a lot of it is out-dated, people still bring a lot to it.
-- Donald Glover

#Rapper #People #Connotation

I don't think I'm good, I don't think I'm a good rapper. I think a lot of people always want me to battle somebody and stuff like that which is cool, but I don't see myself as a rapper.
-- Donald Glover

#Thinking #Rapper #People

I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.
-- Donald Glover

#Rap #Rapper #Challenges

I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further.
-- Donald Glover

#Thinking #Rapper #Want

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.
-- Donald Glover

#Basketball #Rap #People

I don't even think I'm that good at rapping, but I think what makes a great rapper - what CAN make a great rapper - is someone who wants to be better.
-- Donald Glover

#Rap #Thinking #Rapper

I try and go to as many places as possible. It's really cool that I even get to see different places.
-- Donald Glover

#Trying #Different #Really Cool

One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation."
-- Donald Glover

#Dad #Want #Conversation

Don't add an eezy to my name, 'cause it has never been that'
-- Donald Glover

#Rap #Names #Add

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
-- Donald Glover

#Kids #Listening #Want

But I just think I was lucky enough to figure out early on that I wanted to do comedy, so that's what I put all my effort into.
-- Donald Glover

#Thinking #Effort #Lucky

I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.
-- Donald Glover

#Jobs #Thinking #Comedian

I try to be me to the utmost.
-- Donald Glover

#Trying

I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.
-- Donald Glover

#Dad #Dark #Trouble

Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.
-- Donald Glover

#Thinking #Tests

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.
-- Donald Glover

#Kids #Thinking #Black

When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky.
-- Donald Glover

#Creative #Lucky #Pay

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?
-- Donald Glover

#Fighting #Thinking #Black

I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.
-- Donald Glover

#Jobs #Writing #Community

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.
-- Donald Glover

#Believe #Kids #People

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.
-- Donald Glover

#Stars #Looks #Want

The thing about stand-up was, I was doing all this sketch and YouTube stuff where I was not being censored and I got to do my own thing, and it was really cool.
-- Donald Glover

#Stuff #Really Cool #Youtube

Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego.
-- Donald Glover

#Ego #Waffles

If I'm a ***** spell it right, I got way more than two G's
-- Donald Glover

#Two #Way

It seems the more I try to connect with the world, I am feeling more alone than I ever have felt before
-- Donald Glover

#Feelings #Trying #World

I keep it wrapped until i meet the right one 'Cause I ain't Mumford, I ain't trying to have sons
-- Donald Glover

#Rap #Son #Trying

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?
-- Donald Glover

#Being Yourself #Rap

I'm a big PAX person... just because it's accessible. I feel like between the weed and the wax it's kind of like BetaMax and VHS. You can carry it around, people don't really know what it is, no smell.
-- Donald Glover

#Weed #Smell #People

You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty.
-- Donald Glover

#Real #Nice #People

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.
-- Donald Glover

#Strong #Struggle #Men

I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.
-- Donald Glover

#School #Trying #Figures

Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.
-- Donald Glover

#Jobs #Careers #Waste

I am what I am, everything I wanna be
-- Donald Glover

#I Am What I Am

I refuse to go back to not liking who I was.
-- Donald Glover

#Refuse

If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right.
-- Donald Glover

#Nervous

Don't be mad cuz I'm doing me better than you doing you.
-- Donald Glover

#Mad #Hustle #Doing You

Yes I'm grown and sexy, and I'm worth the wait. Girls act like I'm the only dude on earth to date.
-- Donald Glover

#Girl #Sexy #Waiting

You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?
-- Donald Glover

#Rapper #Hip Hop #Doe

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.
-- Donald Glover

#Book #Kids #Aspergers

The only reason I'm able to do music is because I'm making money on 'Community.' If I wasn't, I couldn't pay for things.
-- Donald Glover

#Community #Pay #Able

Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.
-- Donald Glover

#Wall #Writing #The End Of The Day

Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.
-- Donald Glover

#Doe

If you're on Twitter, what you're saying is, 'I'm important enough for you to care what I think.
-- Donald Glover

#Thinking #Important #Care