Future Quotes

1) I ain't giving up on myself, so if you give up on me, I ain't got nothing else to say for you.

2) You got one life to live. So I'm living it the way I want to live it.

3) Don't ask for a million dollars. Ask for the stuff that'll get you a million dollars - your health, your brain, your sanity, and wisdom. Prepare me for when I do get that million. Make sure I don't go crazy and make sure I help my family.

4) You want to create your own path, no matter what situation you're in.

5) You gotta catch the sauce. Move with me... I'm dripping sauce.

6) At the end of the day, I'm out of here - above anything.

7) Every mistake you make allows you to be honest because what's in the dark will come to light, so it's better to be truthful about it.

8) I know I haven't always done things the right way. I'm just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, and a better artist.

9) You don't question magic.

10) I'm just really a free spirit. You gotta be like that. 'Cause life ain't that complicated. It's only that complicated when you make it that way. I just wanna wake up and move with the way it goes. If it's meant to happen, it will happen.

11) If you are behind me, I'm not going to look back and try and figure out what you're doing behind me.

12) I've always been into fashion since I was a kid. I love fashion. I appreciate it. I just enjoy dressing up and getting all the new sneakers and all the hot exclusive clothes - I did even when I was young.

13) I'll always keep you guessing. I'm living up to the name. It's powerful. That's just what I do.

14) I like to express myself through the clothes that I wear.

15) I feel like I just wanna go back to being more underground.

16) Jay Z wasn't great when 2pac and Biggie were alive.

17) My music is like a diary. I use every experience.

18) I like all types of women. I accept them as they are when they come into my life... But I'm not a romantic. I'm just up-front. I like to be a part of something real, not make-believe. I tell women to tell me the truth, to just lay it out. Let me be the judge and decide if I want you around or not. Let me have my choice.

19) Don't matter if you're rich, poor or whatever, you just want to be able to have your own experiences in life and listen and learn from other people.

20) Just wanna have plaques on plaques. That's what we goin' for.

21) I'm just not going to settle for anything, you know?

22) Even if it comes off as natural, everyone has a fashion sense.

23) I'm always a fan of good business moves.

24) I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star.

25) I'm an entrepreneur. This is my life. This is my career. This is the way I eat.

26) I just like being versatile, giving new styles, and being creative.

27) Quality is everything to me, and I perfect everything I do.

28) Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.

29) I try to look cool. I strategize. Sometimes it's like - that's part of the strategizing, to make it seem like I don't think about it.

30) I want that longevity in the career, so if you don't know how to get it, you trying to chase that high, you trying to continue to chase your dreams and conquer things you never thought you could get. And you just want to get there too soon, so you taking the wrong moves to try and compensate for what's not happening.

31) Jupiter, Pluto, pick a planet: we can go there. I just got a bit more work to do in the music industry, and we're going to space, baby.

32) I don't read blogs. I'm living the life they're writing about. So why read about it?

33) My kids gotta understand: they gotta make a sacrifice, to have a superstar dad.

34) I gotta have my long trench coat, a nice scarf for the wintertime when you're walking around, and some nice fitted jeans to go with the trench coat.

35) When you grow up in something, you don't even know if it's bad or good. You just know that's how it is.

36) That's that Dungeon Family ethos: being able to reinvent yourself, stand out and stand alone. Having your own character and having your own image, no matter what they say about you. I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, and my melodies. It's something different.

37) When you're a man, you want to make decisions for your family, and sometimes the lady doesn't see what you see.

38) I wouldn't say I'm underrated but more reserved. Only time will tell, but I've been good so far in being consistent and making hit after hit writing for myself and other artists, from rap to R&B, and being able to make those different records.

39) I want to keep doing what I'm doing and see how far I can go. See when it stops. See what the end is like. I want to make this moment last as long as I can make it. If I miss a day, I'm afraid I'll miss out on a smash record.

40) I don't take anything for granted. I know there are a million and one dudes who are rapping, wishing they were in my shoes.

41) If you're doing what you think people might like, rather than doing what you like, people will see through it.

42) I just want to be an inspiration. I'm a rock star, I'm Future Hendrix.

43) All I know is record, record, record, record.

44) My daddy didn't even sign my birth certificate. So I ain't never had his last name.

45) I want my money to be different. I'm not trying to have rapper money. My goal is to be able to get everything from the world that I can get.

46) It's hard to get burned out or uninspired, man.

47) I've made a lot of mistakes in my life. I wouldn't say musically, though.

48) Rumours are rumors. The Internet is going to report whatever they have to speculate on.

49) You get inspiration from the craziest places. It's just about being creative. You gotta step outside that box, you know what I'm saying, to reach the people. You never know who can feel it; or whom it can connect to.

50) I feel like guys, girls, whatever it is, you just come out hoping to make the best record. You just try to have a conversation and just create what you've talked about. Whatever you find to fit the beat at the time, what the person is down for, wherever the beat takes you towards.

51) Just understand that the type of music that I make is something special.

52) My fashion sense is relatable but stands out because it's my own.

53) My favorite rappers are, I can't really say. I like Kanye because he's so creative. He'll just do anything. I like what Kanye's bringing to the game. Lil Wayne. I like Wayne.

54) My favorite designer has to be Louis Vuitton.

55) The melodies I come up with, they're not normal.

56) I don't just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was born to do this. I was given this gift, and I'm making the most of my opportunity.

57) Artists can most definitely control the culture of fashion. Kids and different fans look up to us for dressing pointers.

58) I feel a responsibility for telling the truth.

59) Man, I wanna be there for everybody. I wanna make everybody happy, and I can't... That's why I stay in the studio.

60) I do everything for my family.

61) I never get starstruck.

62) My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you appear.

63) The weirdest place I ever actually woke up in was a villa on the beach in Mexico. It was burning hot, and there were all these crabs walking around me. But I was feeling good, so I went with the vibe.

64) I want to give the music attention and be in the studio. I want to give all my attention to my music, my kids, and my family, so I just wanna focus on certain things besides social media.

65) The calmest place I can be in is the studio. And like, I stay in there 'cause I know, when I come out, it's back to reality. Man, if you're angry all day, man, stay in the studio.

66) For me, it's always been one of my pet peeves to keep people engaged and talking, and just always being interested in what I have going on. To keep the level of creativity always turned up to the max.

67) I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.

68) If I told a lie, then I got to come back and correct it years later. I hate that I have to be the person that touches on their life and be personal and be direct with certain situations, but man, I'm glad that it's me than them.

69) It takes an astronaut so long to get to space - that's how long it takes to catch up on my music.

70) I feel like the guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to a guitar without any lyrics over it; you can just feel what kind of track it is. If it's pain... you can feel it. It sets the mood.

71) You have to just do music, and you're becoming this entertainer, and so many people require so much of your time for different things, different obligations you have to make money, or just different obligations you have as a person in whatever the situation may be.

72) You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.

73) When I first used Auto-Tune, I never used it to sing. I wasn't using it the way T-Pain was. I used it to rap because it makes my voice sound grittier.

74) I've always been into fashion since I was a kid. I love fashion. I appreciate it.

75) I was shy about talking about certain things, and I was shy about being honest because I didn't want people to judge me for talking about fatherhood and how somebody should have my child around me.

76) I'm not for the publicity stunts. Leave my son out of the publicity stunts.

77) People respond to something melodic.

78) All gigs are good gigs. There's never a bad one. Everything has a reason behind it; you just got to find that reason.

79) I wanna make my imprint in the game as far as music - hip-hop, and just music, period. 'Cause I come from hip-hop, that's my background, but I'm not gonna let that limit me from where I can go.

80) I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, 'Future.' The way I talk, the way I dress, there's nobody in the world but me.

81) Sometimes it's hard to open up about your personal life, and your relationship because you always want the music to be in the forefront. You want the music to be the biggest carrier of everything that you represent.

82) 'I Won' is not a love song. It's just me uplifting women in general. I'm giving women the power to treat themselves as a trophy - to show that and know it in yourself and be confident - because when they do that, whomever they're with is winning.

83) Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every word he says into existence. I wanna be a part of that! I wanna be a part of greatness. His wordplay is great to me.

84) My obsession with outer space is my way of being different. I make astronaut music. It takes an astronaut so long to get to space - that's how long it takes to catch up on my music.

85) At times, I think, 'What would I rather be doing than music?' That's what you have to ask yourself if you feel like you need to be somewhere else... But there's nothing else I want to do more than music. That's why I stay in the booth.

86) Future's not everybody. The people who are taking my style are like my babies. I've got a tribe of kids that want to be like me... But I understand why people want to imitate the things I do. They're dope. It comes naturally to me. My fans can expect greatness. If I wasn't me, I would want to be me.

87) Rihanna takes risks, and I love a woman who takes risks. It just goes to show you have your own mind and your own way of thinking.

88) Where I know I wanna go is being consistent in business, and that's just making another artist, my clothing line - capitalizing off the moment. I wanna be consistently doing that - capitalizing off every move I make.

89) G-Rock from the Westside, from Allen Temple. He gave my name, The Future; he was like, 'Man, you the future.' Just stuck with the name.

90) I know the melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build the music that goes along with creating the whole art form, you know what I'm saying?

91) I can't leave home without certain movies. 'The Godfather' is a big one for me. And I've gotta have my beats so I can write new music.

92) I feel like I'm doing something in Atlanta that nobody ever did as far as rap. If it happens to end up on the top 40 or the pop charts, it doesn't mean I meant to go pop. It's just where the music took me. It started at the bottom, and it rises.

93) In Atlanta, there's no limitation to where you can take your music. You can be as creative as you want to be.

94) I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.

95) I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop, R&B, or whether it's rock n' roll or country. It could be a Garth Brooks song, and if it's a smash, then I'll love the different wordplay and different melodies. That's what I'm a fan of - great music.

96) My day one fans - my fans from my mix tape days - know my life now. They know where I've been. You don't want to have a disconnection with those fans. You have to give them all of you because they feel like they've known you.

97) When you're riding with your mom, and you're a kid, you'd listen to 'Dear Mama' and radio-friendly records. I used to sneak and listen to Too $hort.

98) I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They heard me rap outside one time; I was just freestyling. And they invited me to the studio. It's good when you're accepted, no matter what crowd. That's the first step of believing you can do whatever you feel like putting your mind to.

99) I'm putting everything on the line in being able to express myself in a different way than rappers normally do. They might say, 'It's rap' or 'It's R&B,' but I'm stepping outside the box and making music for me and making music for the fans to understand me. I'm going the extra distance to be able to come across differently.

100) I want to let little kids know that no matter what situation they come up in, they're not exempt from success. All I ever wanted was for people to believe in me and just recognize my potential. I came, I struggled, I made it, and I conquered.

101) The most fun moments are being on the stage and seeing how the crowd reacts to your music. The energy of the crowd makes you just want to go in and keep doing it and be a part of this forever.

102) My three wishes are just to be respected throughout the game. I want respect from everybody. And just make a successful clothing line and company. I'm not going to put a number on it. Just to have a great career.

103) The hardest part of fame and success is adapting to the people around you that are changing. It changes the way people look at you from how they used to look at you. They listen to you on the radio, they look at you on TV and when people speak about you in a good light, you have a couple of people who hold grudges.

104) At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would know who he was. I'm the hip-hop version of him.

105) For just being a black artist in rock n' roll and being able to step outside and create and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that's what I love about Jimi Hendrix's music - the way he plays the guitar is so different. He's just an icon all around.

106) If I'm the biggest artist in the world, cool, but I want to just be me.

107) You know that I can make hits. You know I can do all these rap records.

108) I have to go places beyond music.

109) I'm the top rapper in the world.

110) My sister wants a Rollie. When I buy one now, I gotta buy like five, ten. It's crazy.

111) Jimi Hendrix, was a rock star. But he played guitar; I don't. I've just found ways to use words to make my mark in this history book.

112) I want to be the most melodic artist. 'His music ability, the way he writes, his creativity is undeniable.' I want people to say that about me.

113) I want people to say, 'He evolved throughout his whole career.' I wanna be able to have the number one record ever. The most Top 10 records ever.

114) It's about being creative and drawing on who you are when you wake up and expressing yourself through fashion.

115) Every day, I bring out something new. You got to be prepared - you got to have a few outfits laid out for when you wake up, in case you want to change, to set the mood.

116) Man, I love being a dad. It's super fun.

117) That's the time that I enjoy: away from the cameras, away from the audience, the scenery of going out to eat and everybody's staring at me.

118) It doesn't matter who I'm working with. I just feel like I want to make the best record possible.

119) I just enjoy dressing up and getting all the new sneakers and all the hot exclusive clothes - I did even when I was young.

120) My career choice is my career choice. Just stepping out of that zone, to be able to be a provider. I understand my position as a provider and my role as a dad also... Just being able to be comfortable with it.

121) Everybody wanna be a super dad and the best dad ever, but sometimes, I'm just realizing that I'm not perfect.

122) When I'm in the studio, I stay in the studio, like, sometimes 20 hours out of the day.

123) It takes compromise to raise a child, especially with a schedule like mine.

124) My kids need to be around me. And the times that I'm out of town, if I'm not too busy, they can come to me.

125) I have a crazy work ethic. I'll do 20 songs a day. I love music that much.

126) I want to judge the nannies that are around my child. I don't want to pay for a nanny that I never met, that I never got a chance to interview. That's not the life I want for my child. I want to be involved 100 percent in all decisions made. This is my flesh and blood.

127) I'm not trying to feed off of a concept that another artist had - that's not what I do.

128) I want to show my versatility and how diverse I am, how I approach the track, my rhythm, and my melodies. It's something different. Sometimes, the things I do haven't ever been done.

129) The music I make, I'm different.

130) I don't even talk about being locked up in any of my songs.

131) You got to make the most of your second life. I was born Nayvadius, but now I'm Future. Should I dwell on what Nayvadius was supposed to be? I get a chance to experience life as something else. I wasn't supposed to be like this.

132) When you mix a record that someone else is on, you've got to send it to them. They've got to like the mix, you got to like the mix, the producer's got to like the mix. Too many people are involved!

133) I want to have bosses around me, 'cause at the end of the day, 10 years from now, 20 years from now, you want to make relationships to keep 'em, you know what I'm saying. So I make my relationships to keep 'em - all my relationships - not try to burn bridges that you may need to cross over one day.