“When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically...” — J. Cole Quote

“When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver. You've got to give these people what they paid for. It's a different mind state, a different type of mentality, but it's honestly a pretty good problem to have, you know?”

“I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.”

“I had a rat-tail when I was younger. I had this nice Bobby Brown fade, with a rat-tail that was long enough to wrap around my face. I used to chew on the end and bite it.”

“I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.”

“I always feel like it's two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. If you truly believe it, that's step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.”

“I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.”

“Good managers ensure good outcomes, but great leaders can deliver a vision by getting people to work together.”

“Harrison Ford - one of my favorite actors - has a wonderful sense of character and depth and uniqueness to him, yet he's able to just deliver the lines without putting any English on it.”

“As an actor my job is to deliver the best so that the audience not only likes my roles but also remembers them.”

“'Cinnamon Girl' is a game changer for our network and is exactly the type of show we want to deliver.”

“If you are considered as favourites, you have stand up and deliver. You can't make too many mistakes. You have to be the best.”

“What I always expect to deliver to my audience is a very entertaining evening of singing and playing.”