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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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I just make what I'm making, and then one day I won't want to make it anymore. I think that's a luxury we should be able to have as people, especially as artists.
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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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I don't think I've ever been personally fulfilled performing. It's kind of a challenging thing it's more of a sacrifice for the people that I love.
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We have bad things happen, but it's not like Syria, which we ignore and pretend doesn't happen. We've got it pretty good, no matter who the president is, to be honest.
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I was never like, Oh man, I want a Grammy and I'll do whatever it takes. Someone like that might not do what it takes to have a decent touring career, because they're in the studio trying to master whatever they're doing to win a Grammy.
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I wouldn't say I fear the future.
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People been killing each other since forever and hurting each other since forever and taking advantage of each other since forever.
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If you try to make music and try to convey to everyone that everything is all peachy-keen, you might come off like you're full of it, and that could be something that draws listeners away.
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If you're a voice for a community, then you're a voice for something more than yourself. I want to have an impact, because I don't want anybody to have to go through what I went through.
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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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I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being level-headed.
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I think I'm pretty regular. I try to keep it pretty regular I go to sleep early. I don't know what distances me from other rap artists - I haven't met a lot of 'em.
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Sprite really does taste different everywhere! That's like a fact. Because of certain regulations, you can only put so many sugars.
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When kids can't come to my show, I feel bad, because grown-up 21 and up people really probably don't need my help as much as an 11-year-old child.
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I'm just saying what I think about at the time. I don't make a point to do anything, really.
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That's something that I've always gotten: a sense of humanity, a sense of awareness of yourself and the world around you.
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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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As a living, breathing person, you must love things that derive from nature.
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I'm not really scared of a lot of things. I'm scared of possums. And I'm scared of raccoons sometimes, it depends on how big it is - I'm scared of the smaller raccoons because the bigger ones are slower.
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School doesn't teach you much. School teaches you how to follow directions, that's what school is for.
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