Zitat des Tages von Big Sean:
I hate all the old pictures of me before 2010 - and they are always the first ones to come up. That's why I don't Google myself, man.
I usually sing a lot on my mixtapes. I sing a lot on songs that just really aren't singles. Even my first single, 'My Last,' which I feel like is more pop than anything - I was originally singing the chorus on there. I'm used to that. I've always had fresh melodies.
I still got a lot to learn about fashion. I'm somebody who experiments, somebody who's finding their way. I'm young, and I don't really know if there's any guide to style in what's right and what's wrong. I just dress as an extension of how I'm feeling. If I feel crazy, then I'm gonna rock something crazy.
People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'
Being in the Midwest, you get the best of all worlds and add your own flavor to it.
I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.
Even though it's tiring, I'm having the time of my life.
I'm a Detroit player, they set styles.
There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky.
When I'm home, I cook my own dinner, all organic.
I wanted to make the soundtrack of people's lives.
I never look at it like I'm wasting money when I'm buying gold.
I feel like 'Beware' is a heartfelt song - it's something that is definitely a story, something that I cultivated from personal stories, some from just other stories in just wanting to make a good song.
With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style.
I think gold is made for kings and pharaohs - that's what I am.
I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.
Sometimes I feel like putting on a blazer with just a T-shirt.
I feel like I changed hip-hop.
G.O.O.D. Music is just real tastemakers, man. Kanye's a real tastemaker. One thing that I feel is tight about G.O.O.D. is that a lot of people have their own style, and you can see that. My style is different than Pusha's, it's different than Cudi's. But it's also slightly similar 'cause we have some similar tastes.
I feel I can really relate to a lot of young people.
I've definitely stolen a lot of things.
I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.
I think a lot of my fans are anxious for more than just my singles. They know I'm a dreamer. They know I'm someone who is real spiritual. I love to have fun, and I always have fun songs - songs you can party to. But I also always have songs you can live to, that when you're depressed, it may lift your spirits up.
It just makes you a better artist when you're with people who are great artists themselves. Being around Kanye, soaking up all the knowledge, all the stuff he got.
My music is the essence of Detroit. At one time, we were the center of the world, man - Motor City.
I waste a lot of money buying the same pair of shoes.
It's a real player move to take a girl wine-tasting on a date - she'll like that.
When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.
I was a telemarketer in my senior year at high school. I had to sell prosthetic limbs to paralysed veterans. I was making 150 bucks a week and it was horrible.
For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.
I feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person.
I feel like I'm able to relate to all races of people because when you learn to tap into the raw emotion of a person, that goes past color.
I definitely consider myself a Christian. There's things that I believe in, there's things I have a self-belief on. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I really want to help teach that.
Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.
I got this tiger head ring that's similar to a Cartier ring. I had my jeweler Sean from Detroit make it similar to the Cartier ring, but gold and diamonded-out. That's my Detroit tiger. It's made with two different golds - the bottom is yellow and the top is gold.
Definitely just growing up in general influenced me; Detroit happened to be where I was. I feel like the city definitely has made an impact on my life and made me who I am. Detroit has an unmistakable soul - nobody can duplicate the soul we bring to the game. From Motown to J Dilla to Eminem to anything.
