Last Updated on March 1, 2024
You may not recognize the name Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn when you look at it, and to be honest, it doesn’t quite roll off of the tongue, does it?
That would probably explain why Nayvadius chose the stage name ‘Future’ instead of his real name. Born in 1983 in Atlanta, Georgia, Future rose to popularity in the early 2010s and since then has become one of the most influential hip-hop stars in the entire world!
He has been dubbed as the ‘Future’ of music by Billboard (yes, we get the pun too) and, in fact, managed to be the only artist in history to knock his album off of the number 1 Billboard spot, with his album, when FUTURE was knocked off top-spot by HNDRXX.
He has released several albums over his time in the spotlight and continues to be an inspiration to young rappers across the globe. So if you are one of those young rappers in need of inspiration or are looking to browse some classic Future quotes because you are a big fan, then let us bestow 50 of his best quotes upon you. You’re welcome!
Here are some facts about Future before we get started:
• In October 2013, Future was engaged to Ciara, but she called off the engagement in August 2014 due to his infidelity. Their son, Future Zahir Wilburn, was born in May 2014.
• Future has had a colourful personal life and has four children with four different women: Jessica Smith, Brittni Mealy, India J, and Ciara.
• Future claims that one of his biggest inspirations was Jimi Hendrix; he said that he represents rock n’ roll and is an artist that stood outside of norms and made great music!
• Ever since his musical career set soar, Future has earned himself many nominations in various categories at numerous award functions. Together with Drake, he won the Best Group award at BET Awards in 2016.
Future Quotes
1. “Rumors are rumors. The Internet is going to report whatever they have to speculate on.” – Future
2. “I like all types of women. I accept them as they are when they come into my life.” – Future
3. “My three wishes are just be respected out the game. I want respect from everybody. And just make a successful clothing line and company. I’m not going to put a number on it. Just to have a great career.” – Future
4. “I need to let people know who I am and instead of just trying to make great records, just be honest and make it more personal and make it more passionate, to make records with emotion and not be afraid to express that.” – Future
5. “If you’re doing what you think people might like, rather than doing what you like, people will see through it.” – Future
6. “I take a little bit from everybody and add that to my life to make me, me. I wanna be nobody else but Future. When you look at me, I want you to say, ‘Future.’ The way I talk, the way I dress, there’s nobody in the world but me.” – Future
7. “I feel like guitar explains a lot. You can just listen to a guitar without any lyrics over it; you can just feel what kind of track it is. If it’s pain… you can feel it. It sets the mood.” – Future
8. “I can’t leave home without certain movies. ‘The Godfather’ is a big one for me. And I’ve gotta have my beats so I can write new music.” – Future
9. “My favorite designer has to be Louis Vuitton.” – Future
10. “They listen to you on the radio, they look at you on TV and when people speak on you in a good light, you have a couple people who hold grudges.” – Future
11. “I love fashion. I appreciate it. I just enjoy dressing up and getting all the new sneakers and all the hot exclusive clothes – I did even when I was young.” – Future
12. “You get inspiration from craziest places. It’s just about being creative. You gotta step outside that box, you know what I’m saying, to reach the people. You never know who can feel it; who it can connect to.” – Future
13. “I don’t just write hits for myself, or for other artists, or to just be writing it. I write it because I was born to do this.” – Future
14. “For just being a black artist in rock n’ roll and be able to step outside and create, and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that’s what I love about Jimi Hendrix‘s music – the way he plays the guitar is so different. He’s just an icon all around.” – Future
15. “Every mistake you make allows you to be honest because what’s in the dark will come to light, so it’s better to be truthful about it.” – Future
16. “I wanna be consistently doing that – capitalizing off every move I make.” – Future
17. “My favorite rappers are, I can’t really say. I like Kanye because he’s so creative. He’ll just do anything. I like what Kanye’s bringing to the game. Lil Wayne. I like Wayne.” – Future
18. “I’m not a romantic. I’m just up-front. I like to be a part of something real, not make-believe. I tell women to tell me the truth, to just lay it out. Let me be the judge and decide if I want you around or not. Let me have my choice.” – Future
19. “I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. I wouldn’t say musically, though.” – Future
20. “I like to express myself through the clothes that I wear.” – Future
21. “My day one fans – my fans from my mixtape days – know my life now. They know where I’ve been. You don’t want to have a disconnection with those fans. You have to give them all of you because they feel like they’ve known you.” – Future
22. “Rihanna takes risks, and I love a woman who takes risks. It just goes to show you have your own mind and your own way of thinking.” – Future
23. “I was given this gift, and I’m making the most of my opportunity.” – Future
24. “I gotta have my long trench coats, a nice scarf for the wintertime when you’re walking around, and some nice fitted jeans to go with the trench coats.” – Future
25. “I know I haven’t always done things the right way. I’m just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist.” – Future
26. “I Won is not a love song. It’s just me uplifting women in general. I’m giving women the power to treat themselves as a trophy – to show that and know it in yourself and be confident – because when they do that, whoever they’re with is winning.” – Future
27. “G-Rock from the Westside, from Allen Temple. He gave my name, The Future; he was like, ‘Man, you the future.’ Just stuck with the name.” – Future
28. “Where I know I wanna go is being consistent on business, and that’s just making another artist, my clothing line – capitalizing off the moment.” – Future
29. “At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would know who he was. I’m the hip-hop version of him.” – Future
30. “It changes the way people look at you from how they used to look at you.” – Future
31. “The hardest part of fame and success is adapting to the people around you that’s changing.” – Future
32. “I wanna make my imprint in the game as far as music – hip-hop, and just music, period. ‘Cause I come from hip-hop, that’s my background, but I’m not gonna let that limit me from where I can go.” – Future
33. “I wouldn’t say I’m underrated but more reserved. Only time will tell, but I’ve been good so far in being consistent and making hit after hit writing for myself and other artists, from rap to R&B, and being able to make those different records.” – Future
34. “The most fun moments are being on the stage and seeing how the crowd reacts to your music. The energy of the crowd that makes you just want to go in and keep doing it and be a part of this forever.” – Future
35. “You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.” – Future
36. “I’ve always been into fashion since I was a kid.” – Future
37. “I’m putting everything on the line in being able to express myself in a different way than rappers normally do. They might say, ‘It’s rap’ or ‘It’s R&B,’ but I’m stepping outside the box and making music for me and making music for the fans to understand me. I’m going the extra distance to be able to come across different.” – Future
38. “You got one life to live. So I’m living it the way I want to live it.” – Future
39. “I know melody. I know rhythm; I know bass guitar; I know the piano. I know everything about music that helps build the music that go along with creating the whole art form, you know what I’m saying?” – Future
40. “When you’re riding with your mom, and you’re a kid, you’d listen to ‘Dear Mama’ and the radio-friendly records. I used to sneak and listen to Too $hort.” – Future
41. “In Atlanta, there’s no limitation to where you can take your music. You can be as creative as you want to be.” – Future
42. “I just want to be an inspiration. I’m a rock star, I’m Future Hendrix.” – Future
43. “When you grow up in something, you don’t even know if it’s bad or good. You just know that’s how it is.” – Future
44. “Big Rube was on my first album and some of my mixtapes. His words are so powerful. I want to speak every word he says into existence. I wanna be a part of that! I wanna be a part of greatness. His wordplay is great to me.” – Future
45. “At times, I think, ‘What would I rather be doing than music?’ That’s what you have to ask yourself if you feel like you need to be somewhere else… But there’s nothing else I want to do more than music. That’s why I stay in the booth.” – Future
46. “Sometimes it’s hard to open up about your personal life, your relationship because you always want the music to be in the forefront. You want the music to be the biggest carrier of everything that you represent.” – Future
47. “My obsession with outer space is my way of being different. I make astronaut music. It takes an astronaut so long to get to space – that’s how long it takes to catch up on my music.” – Future
48. “I’m just really a free spirit. You gotta be like that. ‘Cause life ain’t that complicated. It’s only that complicated when you make it that way. I just wanna wake up and move with the way it goes. If it’s meant to happen, it will happen.” – Future
49. “I’m always most comfortable in the studio. It’s my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.” – Future
50. “I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music – no matter if it’s hip-hop, pop, R&B, or whether it’s rock n’ roll or country. It could be a Garth Brooks song, and if it’s a smash, then I’ll love the different wordplay and different melodies. That’s what I’m a fan of – great music.” – Future