73 Quotes by Jidenna

I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'

It's better to do your purpose imperfectly than to do someone else's purpose perfectly.

I don't have one geographic location that I'm exclusively loyal to.

Every single place that's brushed upon me has made me the artist that I am - from Nigerian Highlife music and the vocal melodies that I grew up on when I would be sitting with my father and his fellow chiefs, to the funk and freeness of the Bay Area groove, to L.A.'s smooth G-funk legacy, Brooklyn's lyricism, and now Atlanta's trap history.

Nothing I'm doing is without its predecessors.

I like quality over quantity.

In Brooklyn, all the kids call me the 'Willy Wonka of the Hood.'

If one door is closed, break a window anyway.

For me, I wear a suit because I need to remember what's happened before me.