I’m learning as I go. I don’t know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I’m from I didn’t have any famous role models. – Wale
You don’t necessarily pick the singles that you want when you’re making a record, but for the most part it’s the same process. You’re the artist – you make the music that you want to make. – Wale
The first thing that’s important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything. – Wale
In terms of ‘Seinfeld’, I think there’s lot of reality in a show that’s supposed to be about nothing. – Wale
A lot of my female fans discovered me through the passion I have for bettering myself. Not to say the dudes don’t, but my female fan-base is based off women who want to do better. – Wale
I never had money; I like nice things, but I don’t let that run my life. At the same time, I have to let something drive me… so now I let the money drive me. – Wale
Not to sound bad, but some girls are dumb. It’s because they spend so much of their life trying to have the right look. On the other hand, some girls are just really smart. There are girls you can have conversations with that are healthy conversations. You can argue real life issues and solve problems together. That is what makes a woman sexy. – Wale
I’ve seen all types of women. Celebrity girls I’ve dated and regular 9 to 5 girls. I’ve had shows where married women have tried to follow me to my hotel. My perception of women isn’t very ignorant because I’ve seen a lot. – Wale
My dream tour would be like, me, Cole, Drake, Sean, Meek. I think that would be dope, something like that; big venues. – Wale
Sometimes I’m happy – you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I’m pissed off – you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don’t want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, ‘He’s like a regular person at his job right now who’s mad.’ – Wale
I feel like I’m one of the more creative artists in the game. I think I’m going to be here for a while. – Wale
I’m at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I’ve given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I’m not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it’s kind of corny. But I got the essentials. – Wale
I want to be on a show that’s not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There’s blatant racism going both ways. That’s what we need. – Wale
I like David Beckham just because of his lifestyle. He don’t ever need to score another goal again. How many times has he been on the cover of GQ? – Wale
There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It’s never a thing where I think I’m too good, I’m just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don’t like to go through the motions. – Wale
It’s a trend to insult Wale, like that makes you cool on the Internet, and a part of it is because I respond. – Wale
I’m a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there’s a target on me. – Wale
Everything’s pretty consistent in the industry, you know. There’s a couple of naysayers, whatever, people who don’t agree. But for the most part a lot of people believe in the new class of MC’s that coming to the game. – Wale
However, people need to understand that it ain’t that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren’t can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously. – Wale
I’m a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don’t like it. I’m just chillin’. YouknowwhatI’msayin’? – Wale
We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest D.C. I was essentially raised by a Panamanian man and a Jamaican woman. That’s why I have such a fascination with Jamaican food. – Wale
I can take an opinion, but I don’t like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I’m one of the people that’s always made music for the common man. That’s why I don’t really live my life the way I could. I don’t stunt as much as I could stunt, ’cause that’s not who my music is for. – Wale
The Web is the new way to figure out who’s hot and what’s not. You can’t let TV dictate because it’s so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw. – Wale
I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway. – Wale
I used to have a real passion for writing, but not so much anymore – probably because I do too much of it. – Wale
I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I’m going to go shopping during my five-hour shift. – Wale
I hope everybody thinks they’ve got the best album. I wouldn’t have put mine out if I didn’t think it was the best. – Wale
