J. Cole Quotes

When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience?

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.

Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states.

I was lucky enough to win the Davis Cup in my first year in 1999. I won my first slam at the U.S. Open in 2001 and became world No. 1 later that year. By the age of 20, I'd done it all.

When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

I started playing drums at about seven or eight. My mom used to let me play with the pots and pans, and instead of telling me to stop like most moms would, she just let me do it. So the noise kind of turned into music. From that point on, musically, that's what I want to do: start creating beats.

There are stories that people don't want to talk about that brought this music through.

It's both Indiana Jones and 'National Geographic' that inspired me to be an Egyptologist.

I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.

The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue. There's no doubt about that; it's an uphill battle.

I change my training probably every two months. The only thing that stays consistent is that I've become a pretty psychotic runner.

If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.