Raekwon Trying Quotations

As far as the creative side of making great, great albums and really trying to go down in history? I don't see that happening lately, you know what I mean? You have a lot of guys is talented, but at the same time, timeless music is more important to me.

I'll tell a young kid in a minute, 'If you don't know how to read, then what good is trying to be an MC?' Like, you can MC, but if you're not trying to be a better person, learn and apply that to your MCing, then how far do you think you're really going to go?

I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.

To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't do it at all.

When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.

I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist.