Aubrey Drake Graham, born 24th October 1986, is a Canadian singer, rapper, actor, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He first gained recognition after starring in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation(2001-2007).
Drake released his debut mixtape “Room for Improvement” in 2006 and following the success of the album, he released “Comeback Season” in 2007 and “So Far Gone” in 2009 and then signed with Young Money Entertainment.
Drake is rarely out of the headlines, whether it’s for founding his label, OVO Sound, dating Rihanna or Jennifer Lopez, or fronting the NBA Toronto Raptors as the ambassador. Drake is such a legend that Jay-Z labeled him Kobe Bryant of hip-hop. Drake released his first studio album “Thank Me Later” in 2010 which debuted at the first position on the US Billboard 200. This followed numerous albums which were all hits.
Drake is a very decorated music artist with a success spanning over a decade. He is the world’s best-selling music artist boasting over 170 million records sold. He is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles in the United States by RIAA. Drake has won four Grammy Awards, a record 29 Billboard Music Awards Six American Music Awards, and many more.
These are his most entertaining, motivating, and informative quotes on matters within the society including love, wealth education, and more.
Drake Quotes
1. “Strength isn’t always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it’s shown in what you can let go of.”– Drake
2. “Life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I’m in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision.”– Drake
3. “I’m more than just a number, I doubt you’ll find another. So every single summer, I’ll be the one that you remember.”– Drake
4. “It was my father who told me that there is no rapper who is singing and rapping. He told me that in order to be successful you’re going to have to do something different than what everyone else is doing.”– Drake
5. “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
6.” 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 not to like me. But the last thing I grew up as was rich.”– Drake
7. “Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser.”– Drake
8. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.”– Drake
9. “The game ain’t always fair and that’s the thing though. You can play your heart out, everybody don’t get a ring though.”– Drake
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10. “You love me and I love you… your head hurts and mine does too. And it’s just words and they cut deep but it’s our world, it’s just us two.”- ‘Look What You’ve Done.”– Drake
11. “Know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I’m in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision.”– Drake
12. “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
13. “And I love it when your hair still wet cause you just look a shower. Runnin on a treadmill and only eating salad. Sound so smart like you.”– Drake
14. “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
15. “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
16. “Me and my dad are friends. We’re cool. I’ll never be disappointed again, because I don’t expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that’s how we get along.”– Drake
17. “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.”– Drake
18. “Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face it’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.”– Drake
19. “I’m obsessed with perfection. I want to work. I don’t want to stop. I want to take advantage and make myself the best possible me that I can be.”– Drake
20. “Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.”– Drake
21. “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.”– Drake
22. “When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.”– Drake
23. “When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through.”– Drake
24. “Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.”– Drake
25. “Smile and let everyone know that today, you’re a lot stronger than you were yesterday.”– Drake
26. “You love me and I love you… your head hurts and mine does too. And it’s just words and they cut deep but it’s our world, it’s just us two.”– Drake
27. “It’s never too late to realize what you want in your life and it’s never wrong to fight for it.”– Drake
28. “Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long.”– Drake
29. “I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.”– Drake
30. “The girl that I want to save is like a danger to my health. Try being with somebody that want to be somebody else.”– Drake
31. “All in all I learned a lesson from it though, you never see it coming you just get to see it go.”– Drake
32. “I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.”– Drake
33. “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.”– Drake
34. “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.”– Drake
35. “They say real girls ain’t never perfect, perfect girls ain’t never real.”– Drake
36. “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
37. “It’s great when two strangers become best friends but not when best friends become two strangers.”– Drake
38. “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.”– Drake
39. “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.”– Drake
40. “Surface R&B doesn’t work any more. The whole heartthrob thing, songs about unrealistic love and tearing your shirt off every show – that’s not really where it’s at any more. It’s becoming harder for those guys to sell records, and harder for them to succeed.”– Drake
41.” 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
42. “I respect Chris Brown. I’d like to call myself a friend – I don’t know if I’m allowed to do that.”– Drake
43. “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.”– Drake
44. “When I’m writing, I’m thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don’t translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you.”– Drake
45. “Life is like a confused teacher first she gives the test and then teaches the lesson.”– Drake
46. “I can’t even find the perfect brush so I can paint what’s going through my mind. Racing ‘gainst myself but I’m a couple steps behind.”– Drake
47. “Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change.”– Drake
48. “I know they say that first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is the deepest.”– Drake
49. “Knowledge is pain that’s why it hurts to know.”– Drake
50. “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.”– Drake
51. “I’m about to reach my dreams and I aint even got my arms stretched.”– Drake
52. “My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts and those lies kill.”– Drake
53. “I’m not going to lie; listen, I’m nice at basketball.”– Drake
54. “Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success.”– Drake
55. “Life can always change, you have to adjust.”– Drake
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Summary
Drake is an iconic rapper who inspires upcoming rappers with his incredible success. His music tackles everyday challenges that we face and it is easy to draw inspiration from his lyrics. Drake’s early hood struggles inspiring us to never say die. He saw his sick mother struggle and work hard to make ends meet while his dad was arrested for trying to cross the border.
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