LeCrae Quotes - Page 8

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• For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the semantics of naming things to give them some kind of distinction but I think my faith is pretty distinct. If you want to call it hip hop, essentially it is. That's the art form.

  LeCrae

  Art, Thinking, Giving

  "A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• When I think about Christian hip hop I think of an individual who is a Christian who is using hip hop to communicate things that God will endorse.

  LeCrae

  Christian, Thinking, Hip Hop

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• I've always been a missionary and what people don't know is that I've always taken some strategic and eyebrow-raising steps.

  LeCrae

  Taken, Eyebrows, People

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• If we can't come together, and have conversations and understand our biases and understand that hate, none of us are really the good guys here.

  LeCrae

  Hate, Guy, Together

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.

  LeCrae

  Heart, People, Bags

  "Lecrae Makes Music Concerned With The Soul". Interview with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2015.

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• I don't exist to build a genre. I exist to build the Kingdom.

  LeCrae

  Kingdoms, Genre

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• I like to use my voice as an instrument and just play along with the music. That's really how I tend to my voice. The content usually comes after or during that process of just trying to be an instrument.

  LeCrae

  Play, Voice, Trying

  Source: www.artistdirect.com

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• The church didn't know what to do with Ray Charles or Al Green. And so they were kind of ostracized.

  LeCrae

  Church, Rays, Green

  "Lecrae Makes Music Concerned With The Soul". "Morning Edition" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2015.

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• I love the church, the church that God is establishing, that Jesus died for, so I'll never have any negative things to say about His church.

  LeCrae

  Jesus, Church, Negative

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• Acting and theatrics are my forte.

  LeCrae

  Acting, Forte, Theatrics

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• I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.

  LeCrae

  Artist, Growing, Crafts

  "A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• A lot of time, the music reflects reality, which reflects music.

  LeCrae

  Reality

  "A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft.

  LeCrae

  Artist, People, Appreciate

  "A conversation with Christian hip hop artist Lecrae". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• It's depressing a little when you don't see outside the tour bus and underground in a stadium. If you go outside near the venue there are lots of fans everywhere so you can't just have a minute to enjoy the sunshine alone and think.

  LeCrae

  Depressing, Sunshine, Thinking

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• I live by the spirit so I don't gratify all them old sinful desires that never satisfy.

  LeCrae

  Desire, Spirit, Live By

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• There's not too many artist that can handle what we would call an Christian R&B sound. It's kind of a limited field as far as singers go. Just hoping that more artist like that can resonate and grow.In terms of female rappers, man hey come on! We're here...come talk to us!

  LeCrae

  Christian, Artist, Men

  Source: thegospelguru.com

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• I'm very optimistic that there are sincere believers out there that are okay with tradition but don't want to endorse traditionalism for the sake of traditionalism but want to embrace tradition because it's God-honoring. I think that's a beautiful thing.

  LeCrae

  Beautiful, Optimistic, Thinking

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• Hip hop, this is church. Church, this is hip-hop. Y'all need to meet. I know you have some misconceptions about them, I know you have some misconceptions about them. Let's work through this because there's a lot of false perspective.

  LeCrae

  Perspective, Hip Hop, Church

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• At the end of the day, my hat goes off to anybody trying to run for president, or trying to be president, because you're never going to please everybody, it's not possible.

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  Running, Trying, President

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I want people to know that LeCrae the person is a Christian. Just because you put a tag on me or my music that doesn't make me or the music more or less of a Christian. I'd hope the legacy that I'd leave that people say... No, he's not a Christian because he said he was or because his stuff was labeled that. He's a Christian because he lived it! And when you know him and you know his life this is someone whose life is marked by Jesus.

  LeCrae

  Christian, Jesus, People

  Source: thegospelguru.com

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• I think success can be looked at in many ways. Obviously you want whatever it is that your aiming for to be something that God will endorse. I think when you can draw a target and hit, then it's successful.

  LeCrae

  Successful, Thinking, Target

  Source: thegospelguru.com

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• Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people aren't dumb they can see through that and I think real music and real people resonate.

  LeCrae

  Real, Believe, Thinking

  Source: thelightnc.hellobeautiful.com

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• There would be some times where people wouldn't know how to act around me. Does he drink? Can I cuss? What can I do? And then there was other circumstances where it was, I just don't respect what you're trying to do.

  LeCrae

  People, Trying, Doe

  "Lecrae Makes Music Concerned With The Soul". "Morning Edition" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2015.

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• Folks working late, I had a babysitter. I ain't about to sit here and name her. I was almost 8 when she came in late, woke me up with a game to play. Did a few things that it's hard to say. Told me to keep that secret safe. I'm trying to act like it ain't real. Had my innocence just stripped from me, and I still don't know how to feel.

  LeCrae

  Real, Games, Play

  "Lecrae Makes Music Concerned With The Soul". "Morning Edition" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. May 10, 2015.

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• Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never leave it. It's a style of dress; it's a way of thought. I always grew up in the culture, and it was part of who I was and I carried it into every world I was in.

  LeCrae

  Art, Growing Up, Hip Hop

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