J. Cole quotes

Born
January 28, 1985 Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany.

Occupation
Rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter.

J. Cole is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer. Raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early-2007.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.
– J. Cole

No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
– J. Cole

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.
– J. Cole

Anything I do, I want to do it well.
– J. Cole

College isn’t in everyone’s hearts. I am living proof, though, that school doesn’t mess up your plans. It gives you more experiences to write about.
– J. Cole

I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I’m super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.
– J. Cole

As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I’m successful, I never feel like I’m anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I’m never content.
– J. Cole

One day, I’ll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it’s nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
– J. Cole

I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I’m conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
– J. Cole

I’m half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That’s why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I’ve seen so many.
– J. Cole

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.
– J. Cole

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.
– J. Cole

I don’t live for the accolades. I’m more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.
– J. Cole

I kinda like the idea of having an album that’s all me.
– J. Cole

Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It’s so fruity. It’s a little embarrassing, but I like it.
– J. Cole

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.
– J. Cole

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.
– J. Cole

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don’t have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
– J. Cole

I’m a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that’s never healthy.
– J. Cole

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.
– J. Cole

I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.
– J. Cole

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.
– J. Cole

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn’t know what to do with me.
– J. Cole

My parents were divorced by the time I was even conscious – like, I don’t remember them ever being together.
– J. Cole

I’ve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
– J. Cole