Drake is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. Drake initially gained recognition as an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s. Intent on pursuing a career as a rapper, he departed the series in 2007 following the release of his debut mixtape, Room for Improvement. He released two further independent projects, Comeback Season and So Far Gone, before signing to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment in June 2009. May his quotes inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” Drake
2. “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.” Drake
3. “I’m not confrontational but if someone challenges me I’m not going to back down” Drake
4. “My life is mine to remember.” Drake
5. “‘Perfection’ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‘I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.’ I was a hundred percent like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.” Drake
6. “The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.” Drake
7. “When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren’t for Toronto.” Drake
8. “People like to build their own story about my life. I don’t know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich.” Drake
9. “I’m dying to be a great dad one day, whenever that day comes.” Drake
10. “I’d rather tell you how I really feel.” Drake
11. “My mother made me truly appreciate women.” Drake
12. “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.” Drake
13. “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.” Drake
14. “I just have a thing in my brain that when I’m about to do something that’s genuine or authentic, I think of it in song form. I’ll be like, ‘Yo, this is a human emotion that no one talks about.” Drake
15. “I’ve never been reckless – it’s always calculated. I’m mischievous but I’m calculated.” Drake
16. “I don’t measure my success anymore by the Grammy’s. I can’t because I’ll just end up crushed.” Drake
17. “I’m not going to lie; listen, I’m nice at basketball.” Drake
18. “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.” Drake
19. “Taking risks is something you do to keep things exciting.” Drake
20. “Patience is key.” Drake
21. “I have an urge to communicate.” Drake
22. “My favorite artists always documented emotion.” Drake
23. “Rappers aren’t the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone’s business to be super wealthy.” Drake
24. “I push myself in a lot of aspects.” Drake
25. “Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words.” Drake
26. “Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove anything to no one except yourself.” Drake
27. “I’m trying to better than good enough.” Drake
28. “A goal is just a dream with a deadline.” Drake
29. “Careful what you wish for, you just might get it all.” Drake
30. “I’m confident.” Drake
31. “I learned working with the negatives could make for better pictures.” Drake
32. “Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.” Drake
33. “Life can always change, you have to adjust.” Drake
34. “I sit and eat with some of the hardest working people in the business. And I observe and I try to apply it to my own craft.” Drake
35. “When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through.” Drake
