315 Inspiring Quotes by Drake

I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It's not heavy. I don't have skeletons in the closet on their way out.

A relationship can give you a gut wrenching feeling sometimes. It's a real emotional ride.

I like sweaters. I have a sweater obsession, I guess.

I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down.

There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it's all just noise that lets me know that I'm relevant.

My mother made me truly appreciate women.

Trying to meet new women, it's always a little more difficult as opposed to calling somebody I knew that's single and trying to rebuild that connection.

Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.

I'm actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, 'Man, I said too much.' It's hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me.

I push myself in a lot of aspects when I write a song. I write a piece and where most people would stop and say, 'Oh, that's the hook right there,' I'll move that to the first four bars of the verse and do a new hook.

The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.

You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't know if I want to be that guy.

I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.

I feel connected to my generation through the music, but I also fear for us. We're in a very self-destructive state where we're addicted to outside opinions and we all feel like we have fans.

We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want to be ordinary. Robert M.

No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless.

I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.

We all got dreams and we all star reaching.

She doesn't ever worry, if she wants it she'll get it on her own.

When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through.

I just hope that you miss me a little when I'm gone.

Hope you'll forgive me, never meant wrong. Tried to be patient, but waited too long. But I would've came back.. But I would've came back for you.

Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.

I'm scared that every girl I care for will find a better man and end up happier in the longrun.

We live in a generation of not being in love and not being together
But we sure make it feel like we're together.
Cause we're scared to see each other with somebody else.

I've been hated by many, wanted by plenty, disliked by some, but confronted by none.

Mad cause he aint like me... Oh you mad cause nobody ever did it like me.

Heard once that in dire times when you need a sign, that's when they appear.

Knowledge is pain that's why it hurts to know.

To be human is to be broken and broken is its own kind of beautiful.

Smile more than you cry, Give more than you take, and Love more than you Hate.

Take photos with hater n-ggas and crop them. I am not them. I photoshop them out 'cause they don't understand what I'm about.

I'm like a waiter and you something like a hater with trays in both hands, place an order I can cater.

I love you as much as you love me... So if you hate me, it works out perfectly.

F-ck you, p-ssy ass haters you should do you.

I'm satisfied with a little while you haters want it all. You waitin' for the spring and I'm gettin' it in the fall.

I aint sayin I'm requestin anyone that's perfect but I just need a woman that'll make it all worth it.

When raindrops hit the tin roof it's crazy. That's a metaphor, did I lose you baby?

Loving you no more,

I just I can't I just can't be loving you no more,

I love you more than I love myself.

I guess I'm still holding on to something that I know will probably never happen, because somewhere deep down inside me, I have this little piece of hope that someday, it will.

If you were a star you'd be the one I'm searching for.

Secrets you were telling everybody but me.. Don't be fooled by the money I'm still just young and unlucky, I'm surprised you couldn't tell.

I've asked about you and they told me things but my mind didn't change and I still feel the same.

I remember when my schedule was as flexible as she is.. She'd call and tell me 'be here before the sun up,' I'd be dressed before we hung up.

She think I'm the realest out and I say 'damn that makes 2 of us.'

All so convinced that you're following your heart cause your mind don't control what it does sometimes.

I had to Derrick Rose the knee up before I got the re-up.

I'm confused tell me where we go wrong? I was sure that I would be with you for so long.

I can tell that you been crying all night, drinking all summer, praying for your happiness, hope that you recover.

And you're wasted with your ladies. Yeah I'm the reason why you always getting faded.

Baby you should bring your best friend, then you should persuade her to let me get some sex in. Don't get offended, baby, that's just a suggestion.

But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam.

I'm in the mood to get faded, so please bring your finest.

What's up wit these new niggas? And why they think it all come so easy?

I'll be right here in my spot wit a lil more cash than I already got trippin off you cause you had your shot.

Dying to meet your girlfriends that you said you might bring. If they're the ones that tell you that you do the right thing.

Everybody got a deal, I did it without one.

You don't even have to ask twice, you could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice.

Spendin all the money I just worked my ass off for doing things that I won't regret.

I just hold it down for my side, I just hold it down for my set. I just give everybody a piece of this and make do with what's left.

Every time you see me I look like I hit the lotto twice.

It's a difficult time for a lot of people right now.

Yeah I want it all, that's why I strive for it.

I've seen it all before. Now that it's over I shoulda known better than to think this was real and you could be mine.

She live in a mindset that I could never move to.

You can't say you're happy either. You don't even smile for me.

Some things look better inside of the store.

Swimmin in the money come and find me, NEMO.

You never worry about the last laugh if you've been laughing the whole time.

It's like I know what I gotta say, I just don't know how to say it to you.

Kanye West is my favorite artist.

Insecurity is an ugly thing. It makes you hate people you don't even know.

I know they say the first love is the sweetest but that first cut is the deepest.

The worse feeling is when someone makes you feel special, then suddenly leaves you hanging, and you have to act like you don't care at all.

They always say the hottest love has the coldest end.

I always view my music like a city at night, like Atlanta. I view my music in lights. So Far Gone would be my experiences in Toronto at night.

I'm living life right now, maine and this what Imma do til it's over, til it's over.. but it's far from over.

May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you.

If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't get so mad at the things you do.

My ex send late night text cause she don't know to let go.

How bout you and all your morals in that outfit that you borrowed Make the most out of tonight and worry bout it all tomorrow.

I need you to rescue me from my destiny, I'm tryna live right and give you whatevers left of me.

It take a certain type of man to teach, to be far from hood but to understand the streets.

I got my eyes on you
You're everything that I see, I want your hot love and emotion
Endlessly.

I would have so many friends if I help back the truth and just gave out compliments.

Callin my ex-girl or e-mailin my mama, you're the only one that's causin me this drama.

Inside I'm treading waters steady tryna swim ashore.

I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his interviews and I'm a big fan of his.

I'm urgin all daughters to kiss their mothers with those lips that all that lipstick covers. You never too grown up to miss and hug her.

She could have a Grammy I'd still treat her ass like a nominee.

Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in all them magazines.

If you sell your soul to the devil, you get more grain.

I get it, I get it. I get it, I get it. Your hustle don't ever go unnoticed baby, I'm wit you, I'm wit it.

You know it's real when you are who you think you are.

The hardest thing about the business is minding your own.

A girl should have two things: a smile, and a guy who inspires it.

I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over.

The game ain't always fair and that's the thing though. You can play your heart out, everyone don't get a ring though.

Im sitting in a chair but in the future its a throne.

Throw em a bone and they want a steak.

I got more than a thing for you, tattoo wit a ink for you right over my heart girl, I'll do the unthinkable.

I try to really capitalize off of what other rappers really can't do. There are opportunities that rappers I love simply can't get, because... you know... I don't have the tattoos; I have a different image.

I heard you good with them soft lips.. Yeah you know word of mouth.

My real friends never hearin from me, fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me.

Sometimes you have to erase the messages, delete the numbers, and move on. You don't have to forget who that person was to you, but you do have to accept that they aren't that person anymore.

I never cheat unless you count the girls I cheat on.

Moment I stop havin fun wit it, I'll be done wit it.

This is nothin for the radio... but they'll still play it though.

Wrong way down a one-way, women don't get saved 'round me even on a Sunday.

I feel like I'm truly and genuinely proud and unafraid. I'm not scared of who I am.

Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn.

Better late than never but never late is better. They tell me time is money well we'll spend it together.

I used to always crack jokes in class. I was a good liar and a good talker. I was just good. I was my father's son. I was slick. When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.

Soap opera rappers, all these niggas sound like 'All My Children.'

Even Photoshop couldn't change me.

You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.

Got niggas reacting without a sinus cause what I'm working with is timeless.

Life becomes difficult when you're in this public eye, and I think that we all relate to each other and I try and really talk about it in my music.

Sweat pants, hair tied, chillin wit no makeup on. That's when you're the prettiest, I hope that you don't take it wrong.

What you'll always get from me is a variety of emotions. Whenever you listen to my CD, whether you're the hardest dude or the bitterest cat, I'll give you a real story to think about.

You don't make stupid internet videos or show people you have too much free time, you just say the right things and they'll be like, "Damn this dude's a real person and I can relate to that." That can make somebody's life, that can make somebody's day, that can be a line that they never forget.

Six months is the most you can ask of any fan in this day and age, with the Internet and all these new artists. I understand that my music is in a lot of mediums. Some people want me to make an RandB album. Some people want me to never sing again. I just don't want people to be able to draw comparisons between my old songs and my new ones.

Open books, not legs. Blow minds, not guys.

I think maybe I was numb to it last year.. but you know I feel it now more than ever.

I just set the bar, niggas fall under it like a limbo.

It's about finding what's next. I'm hesitant to let people know what producers I'm f -- -ing with, what I'm rapping about. I'd rather drop that winning hand out of nowhere.

Shots came, I don't know where they was sent from. Probably some bad hoes I'm bouta take the hint from.

My dad is a great writer. Naturally talented, naturally charming. He embodies that back-in-the-day cool.

Don't say you miss me when it's your fault I'm gone!

She says I know you changed, I never see you cause you always busy doing thangs.

When your ex says ‘You'll never find anyone like me.' Say ‘that's the point.'

Hoes want attention, women want respect.

The inside of my wallet is pasture green.

I love your sushi roll, hotter than wasabi. I race for your love, Shake-n-Bake, Ricky Bobby.

You know good and well that you don't want a problem like that, you gon' make someone around me catch a body like that. Ohhh, don't do it! Please don't do it. Cause one of us goes in and we all go through it. And Drizzy got the money, so Drizzy gonna pay it. Those my brothers, I aint even gotta say it, that's just something they know.

Me, my niggas and some Madonna hoes that look just like virgins but trust they down to go.

If a guy can't handle you in sweatpants, than he doesn't deserve you in a wedding dress.

I am spending much more than I'm making on these cars and these vacations, is that too much information?

I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama's life soon because I could play him. That's the goal. I watch all the addresses. Any time I see him on TV, I don't change the channel. I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I'm pretty good at impressions.

I don't know why everyone is making dance movies. I auditioned for three dance movies in the past two months and for one of them I just couldn't do it.

Time heals all and heels hurt to walk in, but they go with the clutch that you carry your lip gloss in.

Lookin back on it at least my pride is in tact cause we said no strings attached and I still got tied up in that.

My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts and those lies kill.

And this girl right here? Who knows what she knows? So I'm going through her phone when she go to the bathroom and her purse right there, I don't trust these hoes at all.

I drove nice cars, I got a nice house. But now I'm steady missing you like a strikeout.

Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday.

Since I started, I've always been giving my music away for free. I've always kind of done it for the people. I don't want to lose my fans completely because they support me in a way that's more than just listening to my music. They support me like we're friends. They support me like they have emotions invested in it.

Just call me 'Shoppin Bag Drizzy.' And call me 'Mr Damn, He Ain't Coppin That Is He?'

The same niggas I ball with, I fall with.

No strings attached, your love is so WiFi.