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The work is the understanding of the people that you're speaking for. The further you get away from that, the further you are from the work.

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Vince Staples
Age: 31
Born: 1993
Born: July 2
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Long Beach
California
Vincent Jamal Staples
Vincent Staples
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If your children don't fight, they won't love each other when they get older! It's a common thing.
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Music was never really something I wanted to do, so I never thought about it as a kid.
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I remember, once, my sister used to tell me that they found me in the trash-can when I was younger, so one time I pushed my sister into a trash-can - I put it over her head and pushed her down the street. And then after that, we been close ever since.
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We give people way too much credit. People just get crazy.
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I think the opinion is worth less now than it ever has been.
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My brothers used to beat me up, but I used to fight my sisters 'cuz I couldn't hit them back, so I had to find specific severe ways to punish them.
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If you hit a kangaroo in the street and you have to pull out on the side of the road, it can get back up and murder you.
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When you have this job [as an entertainer] you're suddenly not a person anymore.
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That's the crazy part about music, that you can just be someone and it means something.
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Everyone serves a purpose.
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It's human nature, we take a mile when we're given an inch. We're crazy. You see what we did to the animals! They don't even exist anymore!
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I wouldn't say I fear the future.
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I feel like finding the balance is the struggle with making music in general.
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I've heard a lot of crack stories. I heard a RZA crack story, up close and personal, over a platter of 100 chicken wings that only him and his friend ate. It was a good day.
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Just be comfortable. Sometimes, when open up for a bigger artist at a conventional concert, you can feel unwelcome. But when you're playing a festival, people come to see music in general - so don't be fearful. The people are there to enjoy and discover new music so approach the show with confidence and optimism.
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As a living, breathing person, you must love things that derive from nature.
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We still wading in the water... Cocaine, blunts, marinating in the water. Lean and took a puff, and then she gave it to my father, Used to take the bullets out so I could play with the revolver. Satan serenading ever since I was a toddler, Tell 'em talk is cheap...niggas living for the dollar.
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I hate when I lose my voice and then people try and talk to me and I seem like I'm being rude and then I hurt their feelings. That sucks.
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Things don't really go that well when people get back together.
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I hate when a show has an age limit. Like a little tiny child is standing outside, like, 'Hey, I wanted to go but I couldn't.' That sucks.
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