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Vince Staples, born on July 2, 1993, is an American rapper and songwriter. His musical style blends elements of hip-hop, alternative, and experimental music, known for his distinctive voice and profound lyrics.

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“One of my younger homies, he went to jail, and some people came to me and were like, "Bail him out," and I said no. Why would I bail him out? He's going to prison. Let him sit and get some time served. You want to be crazy, but you don't want to go to jail. You want to shoot people, but you don't want to kill people. That's such a misleading thing.”

People Want Said Crazy Prison Jail Mislead Being Crazy Bail Homies

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“Where I come from, there's no common enemy, there's no "why." There's no, "I hate white people."”

People Hate White Common Enemy I Hate Common Enemy

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“I don't have a message. You already have all these people telling you how to live, who to be, what to wear, what to drive, what drugs to do - I just want people to see what I see.”

People Want Drug Messages Staples

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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.”

People Understanding Get Away

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“The police are very mean people sometimes.”

People Mean Sometimes Police Mean People Very Mean

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“Whenever you have people in power, they try to control people. It's not necessarily a bad thing to control people - you can control people for good, you can control people for bad, but you're gonna try and control people.”

People Trying Bad Things

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“You have to be able to differentiate between the different areas of life. It shows that we're all separate people, we're all different, but we're all the same.”

People Different Shows Able Areas Differentiate

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“People just tell me I'm supposed to be sensitive, and I'm not. But I think I'm very emotional. I'm very caring.”

People Thinking Emotional Caring Supposed To Be Sensitive

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“So many things come from people's parents lying to them about the truth about things. I feel like, once those ideas die with people, we'll be good in a couple of generations.”

People Feels Ideas Lying Dies Parent Generations Couple Be Good

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“School doesn't really teach you how to interact with people properly, you learn that outside of school.”

People School Teach

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“It really hurts my feelings when people are mean to old people, or when people yell at their little kids. Just ask them what's wrong, bro. I think we all just need to be nicer.”

People Thinking Needs Mean Littles Feelings Kids Asks Hurt Old People Little Kid Bros Hurt My Feelings It Really Hurts

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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.”

People Trying Feelings Seems Hate Voice Loses Hurt I Hate Rude Talk To Me Being Rude

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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.”

People Needs Feels Years Children Helping Shows Kids

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“There's a price tag on everything including black people's lives and what they do with them.”

People Black Including Black People Tag Price Tag

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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.”

People Thinking Want Should Able Artist One Day Luxury

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“I don't think you should criticize people's music because maybe it just isn't for you.”

People Thinking Should Music Is Criticize

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“When people ask me my influences and I'm like, "nobody" they're like, "there has to be somebody." People seem to think you have to have an influence.”

People Thinking Seems Asks Influence Ask Me

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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.”

People Thinking Kind Challenges Sacrifice Performing Fulfilled

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“People have an overbearing need to project their inward doubt and hatred and emotions onto the outside world.”

People World Needs Emotion Doubt Projects Hatred Inward Outside World Overbearing

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“I've had a lot of people online say they're going to kill me at my shows. A lot of people say they're going to punch me in the face - never happened. It's just people being sad because their life sucks.”

People Shows Faces Happened Online Kill Me Being Sad Life Sucks

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“The ones that actually affect people who don't have enough money to change them - which is almost everybody. But that has nothing to do with the president.”

People Enough President

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“We should focus on the things that are bad that we can immediately control, because people are always going to be people.”

People Should Focus

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“We give people way too much credit. People just get crazy.”

People Way Giving Too Much Crazy Credit

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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.”

People Hurt Forever Advantage Killing Taking Advantage Killing Each Other Hurting Each Other

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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.”

People Feels Sometimes Shows Artist Enjoy Comfortable Approach Optimism Bigger Concerts Fearful Conventional Festivals New Music Unwelcome

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“Things don't really go that well when people get back together.”

People Wells Together Get Back Back Together

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“I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look up California, it's a really shitty place when it comes to things like that. So I think it will just take time. Old people have to die. Once the generation right under my Mom dies, we'll be fine.”

People Thinking Mom Racism My Mom Look Up Take Time Old People

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“School doesn't teach you much. School teaches you how to follow directions, that's what school is for. And in life, not necessarily following directions helps you get certain places - because you go to the right school you can learn the right things, and you go to the wrong school you can learn the wrong things, so it just all depends. But school doesn't really teach you how to interact with people properly, you learn that outside of school.”

People Helping School Teach Right Thing

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About the Author

Born: July 2, 1993
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Quotes: 90

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