Raekwon Quotes

Over the years, you grow up, you mature and you see things in a different way, and it's reflected in the writing.

One of the greatest things about being an artist is, as you get older, if you keep working hard in relationship to what you want the world to be and how you want it to become, there is a history of interesting growth that resonates with different moments in your life.

I used to write songs that were deeply personal, but since I am becoming so passionate about the world around me, that passion and drive is starting to come into my work.

I think the range of my life shows in my work.

I feel like, if you're writing the same songs you were writing when you were 17 in your 30s, something's wrong. As a grown man, you're more confident, and you have less to prove.

My early comics are really reflective of being kind of a befuddled, single loser in the Bay Area, and I think having kids has been by far the most profound impact on me as a person and as an artist.

One has to evolve with age, and that's what I am doing.

So many things come with your maturation process. I changed throughout my time with WWE from a kid in his 20s into a man.

I would say I grew without a doubt. My whole energy in life - as an artist and as a person - has definitely got me smarter and wiser.

You grow, you mature, you live, and you learn. You get a little wiser, and you learn better ways to handle things.

When I was younger, I definitely thought musical theater was sort of more pure than film. I used to say I'd never go to film because we had to get it right the first time in musical theater. But then, of course, I started doing film and realized I loved it. Keep in mind that I was 8 years old when I said that.

When I was younger, I had a different disposition as far as how I wanted to live life.

The late 80s was quite a difficult time for me as an artist because I'd almost become a parody of myself. All people wanted was pink hair and for me to sing 'I Want to Be Free.' There's nothing wrong with either of those but people need to see you as a person for you to be an artist.

You mature, you learn things.

I think as you get older, you find out more and more about yourself and what you like and what you don't like.

Hargrave made me mature. It made me grow up, and I needed that.

With time, you do get mature.

I'm not the same young man I was when I first got into music.

Most people acquire a softer side with age and sometimes with dad that has been quite weird to see.

I think it's something you learn over a period of time; you learn to be more comfortable within yourself, appreciative of what you've got and what you haven't, you realise the talents you have and what you can do and you take on the chin the things that you have to. It's part and parcel of growing up.

What happened in my life made me a better artist.

As you get older, you grow and you revaluate.

Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.

I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around you.

I don't think I've grown up easily.