67 Quotes by Dave East

Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.

People don't get signed by Def Jam every day on my block.

A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.

I wouldn't tell nobody to sign no slave deal or sign your life away or nothing like that, but if the deal is right and if it benefits you, you'd be a fool if you did not take advantage of it.

My journey is self-made because I came from nothing. It's the best feeling now, because I don't really feel like I owe anybody.

I'm still an athlete at heart, so I always want that comfort and something that feels like an athletic shoe.

No matter how dope you are, if you ain't really built, if you ain't put that groundwork in, you gonna flop. Nobody gonna fill those arenas.

Where I'm from in Harlem, everybody look like a rapper.

You're born a certain way, but you don't gotta die like that.