Top 72 Quotes by Jidenna

About Jidenna

These are some quotes by American author Jidenna Musician, who was born on May 4, 1985.

I'm the guy on the corner that is slightly peculiar but fun and funky.

I'm the guy on the corner that is slightly peculiar but fun and funky.

Jidenna

I think hard-core capitalism tends to commercialize everything.

I think hard-core capitalism tends to commercialize everything.

Jidenna

Every single place that's brushed upon me has made me the artist that I am - from Nigerian Highlife music and the vocal melodies that I grew up on when I would be sitting with my father and his fellow chiefs, to the funk and freeness of the Bay Area groove, to L.A.'s smooth G-funk legacy, Brooklyn's lyricism, and now Atlanta's trap history.

Jidenna

Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?

Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?

Jidenna

In music, I wanted to make sure I was innovating.

In music, I wanted to make sure I was innovating.

Jidenna

I wanted to remind myself and others of the old Jim Crow, so that we can remind ourselves that we're still living in the new Jim Crow. I feel it's important to dress in the fashion of the times.

I wanted to remind myself and others of the old Jim Crow, so that we can remind ourselves that we're still living in the new Jim Crow. I feel it's important to dress in the fashion of the times.

Jidenna

The one thing that I learned in college, actually, was that you may reach tremendous highs and tremendous lows.

The one thing that I learned in college, actually, was that you may reach tremendous highs and tremendous lows.

Jidenna

I myself have been scrutinized by militarized police, but I know officers who actually handle themselves in a certain way that makes me feel safe.

I myself have been scrutinized by militarized police, but I know officers who actually handle themselves in a certain way that makes me feel safe.

Jidenna

When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.

When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.

Jidenna

All across this world, especially within the African diaspora, we feel like there is a constant devaluing of our culture and our livelihood.

All across this world, especially within the African diaspora, we feel like there is a constant devaluing of our culture and our livelihood.

Jidenna

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