ScHoolboy Q Quotes, the TDE heavyweight known for his gritty realism and unfiltered energy, delivers more than just hard bars—he brings clarity, self-awareness, and brutal honesty to the mic and beyond. Whether he’s reflecting on his past, fatherhood, fame, or the street code, his words carry weight.
Here are 15 real ScHoolboy Q quotes—pulled from interviews, podcasts, and appearances—that reveal the mindset of a complex artist shaped by the grind and the growth.
15 ScHoolboy Q Quotes
- “I rap because I’ve lived. I don’t need to fabricate pain.” (Interview, The Breakfast Club, 2016)
- “Every day I wake up, I try to be better than I was yesterday.” (Interview, Billboard, 2019)
- “I’m not tryna be perfect. I’m tryna be real.” (Interview, GQ, 2019)
- “You gotta go through it to talk about it.” (Interview, Complex, 2014)
- “I used to chase the streets. Now I chase peace.” (Interview, Hot 97, 2020)
- “Nobody told me how to be a man—I had to figure that out through mistakes.” (Interview, NPR, 2019)
- “Success didn’t save me. It just gave me more to lose.” (Interview, VIBE, 2016)
- “I’m a father first, rapper second. That’s facts.” (Interview, Beats 1, 2019)
- “Music gave me a voice before I knew I had one.” (Interview, Noisey, 2015)
- “Just ’cause you from the hood don’t mean you gotta die there.” (Interview, The FADER, 2018)
- “I’d rather lose fans than lose myself.” (Interview, Rolling Stone, 2020)
- “Pain changes people—but it also sharpens them.” (Interview, Apple Music, 2022)
- “Growth is quiet. That’s why people miss it.” (Interview, TIDAL Check-In, 2022)
- “You can’t evolve if you stay around people who want the old you.” (Interview, MTV News, 2017)
- “I rap what I know—nothing more, nothing less.” (Interview, Pitchfork, 2016)
ScHoolboy Q speaks from a place of lived truth—never polished, always powerful.
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