Born by the name Malcolm James McCormick, Mac Miller was a famous rapper, music artist, and music label producer. A native of Pittsburgh, Mac Miller was for many people an embodiment of today’s young generation as he was described to be one of the sweetest young artists of his time amidst his struggles with depression and substance abuse. “Gone too soon” as the lyrics of his famous song “Dang” that he sang with Anderson .Paak. Apart from this famous recording, Mac Miller also collaborated with former girlfriend Ariana Grande in the song “My Favorite Part.” Miller spoke of the many things that the young were facing as he had songs like “Self Care.” He was simply one of the most relatable young figures even after his death in the fall of 2018.
Known for producing records for many young and aspiring artists while he was still living, many of Miller’s colleagues mourned his death, saying that they lost a dear and dependable friend. Frat rap, the type of music that Miller sang and produced, was made famous as Mac Miller was a highly flexible and experimental young genius. Thus, despite the turbulent youth and challenges that Miller faced, he would forever be regarded as one of the artists to have influenced the rap scene and the current music evolution.
1. “Sometimes it’s hard to pick right from wrong. The best thing we can do is go with our heart and hope it all goes well.”
2. “If it ain’t about a dream, then it ain’t about me.”
3. “People change and things go wrong, but just remember, life goes on.”
4. “They’re gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up, and go and think of better things.”
5. “I like seeing good people win.”
6. “To me, women have always been the sturdiest people in my life and have been incredible sources of energy.”
7. “Never make yourself feel like nothing, to make someone else feel like everything.”
8. “People don’t really give me much anymore, and for good reason. I have to pay for a lot of stuff now, I can afford a lot more than I ever could before. No one really gives me anything anymore, but it feels good.”
9. “Style come with excellence and money make benevolence.”
10. “Everyone that I work with is a friend. I won’t make a record with anyone unless we kick it.”
11. “I think I’m JFK’s final speech. They try assassinating all of my beliefs.”
12. “If it ain’t about a dream, then it ain’t about me.”
13. “I don’t know if I’m a feminist, but I just know that I am all for outspoken, powerful women.”
14. “Go through the worst to reach the ecstasy.”
15. “I’ve always wanted to sing. I don’t think I have a great voice, but I just think that I get the emotion. It’s very authentic. Whatever emotion I’m feeling, I can sing it, and you can feel it.”
16. “I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself.”
17. “Being famous used to just defeat me. I wouldn’t leave my house because I was worried about someone being like, ‘Oh, are you Mac Miller?’ and then the rest of the night I couldn’t be myself.”
18. “If I stay in one mindset or place for too long, I get crazy.”
19. “Someone told me sleep was the cousin of death and followin’ the dollar finds nothin’ but stress.”
20. “Enjoy the best things in your life cuz you ain’t gonna get to live it twice.”
21. “The life you live is more important than the words you speak.”
22. “No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile.”
23. “As I learn more about myself, I think people learn more about me as well. It seems to correlate that way. I learn how to represent myself more as it goes on.”
24. “Planting the seeds, working and watching it grow.”
25. “I flood the Internet with what I think is quality content. That’s why I did things like giving out a song every 100,000 Twitter followers because I am just looking for ways to get my fans to hear all this music without over saturating things.”
26. “A penny for your thoughts, a dollar for your dreams.”
27. “My ideology was, if I just make very happy music, very happy music, then people will forget about whatever their problems are. I will forget about my problems.”
28. “I think, a lot of times, people just want to be cool, and to be in love is not cool. But I think it’s the coolest. I think love is the coolest thing that there is.”
29. I’m an honest man, my mama told me never put it on the lotto and
I work for everything I get that is my motto.”
I work for everything I get that is my motto.”
30. “Life is just a recital, better remember all that you practice.”
31. “You know how much you love it when you get it in abundance.”
32. “We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection, and dream of perfection.”
33. “I just have always felt as long as I’m 100 percent honest, then it’s just me. It’s a lot easier to sleep at night that way.”
34. “Don’t count the number of friends you have, but the number of friends you can count on.”
35. “Everything will be good by the weekend.”
36. “Some people need to just stop thinking about everything they do and just do it.”
37. “When you feel sad, it’s okay. It’s not the end of the world. Everyone has those days when you doubt yourself, and when you feel like everything you do sucks, but then there’s those days when you feel like Superman. It’s just the balance of the world. I just write to feel better.”
38. “I’ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin’, I’ma smile back.”
39. “They say you waste time asleep, but I’m just trying to dream.”
40. “Been contemplating if I even still believe in the truth.”
41. “Your life’s short, don’t ever question the length. It’s cool to cry, don’t ever question your strength.”
42. “In the quest to be a man, you start to learn you need your family. If it wasn’t for them, I’d be way closer to insanity.”
43. “Stand by those who stand by you.”
44. “Looking at my life is like you watching movies.”
45. “I’ve been laughed at, hated on, no one would even play my songs. Wouldn’t even listen to anything that my name was on.”
46. “It never gets boring for me because there’s so many different things to explore in the studio.”
47. “There’s a lot of beauty in the world, so go hang out and go be a part of the solution rather than the problem.”
48. “I just like to sing for people who have lost love.”
49. “The difference between love and war inform me.”
50. “When I was a kid, this was always my dream: to live in New York.”
51. “People put their voice everywhere. All through Instagram comments. As minuscule and kind of stupid as that is, at the same time, it’s dope. People really feel like, ‘I have to say something,’ which is sometimes a little much, but like, ‘Go ahead, man. Speak away.’”
52. “The journey that I’m facin’ plus the paper that I’m chasin.”
53. “I’m just an idea, nothing concrete.”
54. “Fear, to me, is a guiding thing more than anything.”
