When I talk to kids, I'm really listening. When I do that, we have a little bit of a bigger connection than me being Kendrick Lamar and you being a student. It's almost like we're friends. Because a friend listens.

Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto; I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

Love, friendship, laughter... some of the best things in life really are free.

I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane.