LeCrae Quotes

I'm a really stoic artist. I'm serious a lot of times. I can joke and play sometimes, but most of the time, I'm stoic.

When I think about Christian hip hop I think of an individual who is a Christian who is using hip hop to communicate things that God will endorse.

Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

I'm out to take the Bible, create disciples who make disciples, disciple cycles.

We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states.

Christians aren't people who never sin or always do the right thing. We're people who live in continual repentance.

I'm very optimistic that there are sincere believers out there that are okay with tradition but don't want to endorse traditionalism for the sake of traditionalism but want to embrace tradition because it's God-honoring. I think that's a beautiful thing.

All men are created to lead, but we need somebody to lead us.

There's a saying that goes around that says "I you crossover make sure you bring the cross over." That's definitely my heart and my aim. I want to remain distinct and authentically Christian in whatever realm I'm in.

Make the most of your life instead of comparing it to everyone else's.

My perspective has blossomed. There's always more to learn and more challenges.

I think success is being exactly who God called us to be and fighting to your death to live that out.

You and I live to manifest the Glory of God.

I live by the spirit so I don't gratify all them old sinful desires that never satisfy.

I've always done music to push people to get them to get uncomfortable in their seat so they could wrestle with things. Not to become pew potatoes, just simply sitting there, growing fat with knowledge and not applying it.

When people let youd own, God will pick you up.

I tried to give some warnings early on to a lot of my Christian followers that mixtape really wasn't targeted at the church so they would be able to understand. I wanted to wrestle with some things that I know people outside of the church wrestle through. When It comes to the church I just want to edify.

People are Gods masterpieces, created for the purposes that God has already mapped out.

For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the semantics of naming things to give them some kind of distinction but I think my faith is pretty distinct. If you want to call it hip hop, essentially it is. That's the art form.

As a revolutionary, I don't just want to sit by and say, "Oh this feels good, let's just do it." I'm going to die for what I believe in and stand for it.

They ask me how Im doing. I say better than I deserve

A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God.

I've always been a missionary and what people don't know is that I've always taken some strategic and eyebrow-raising steps.

You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts.

Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages, all ethnicities, all social classes, they're all there enjoying the game. Hip-hop has been one of the only forms of music that has provided that kind of atmosphere.

Some of us are more concerned with our reputation than our character. The latter takes care of the former.

I like to be in the zone. I like being in the studio with the artists, with the producers, with the musicians, feeling it, and going there. I feel like I have a lot of content to start writing about.

I love the church, the church that God is establishing, that Jesus died for, so I'll never have any negative things to say about His church.

God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit.

We live in a cold, cold world.

I like to have people around and an environment with constant feedback on what I'm doing.

But I'm here to serve people. I'm not here to wave my finger in people's faces and point out to them how terrible they are or what I hate about them or anything along those lines. That's not my place. I'm in no position to condemn anybody.

As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I got serious about using my writing and rhyming skills. I did it everywhere I could.

It's depressing a little when you don't see outside the tour bus and underground in a stadium. If you go outside near the venue there are lots of fans everywhere so you can't just have a minute to enjoy the sunshine alone and think.

Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be grateful the thorn bush has roses. Perspective.

I don't exist to build a genre. I exist to build the Kingdom.

I want people to know that LeCrae the person is a Christian. Just because you put a tag on me or my music that doesn't make me or the music more or less of a Christian. I'd hope the legacy that I'd leave that people say... No, he's not a Christian because he said he was or because his stuff was labeled that. He's a Christian because he lived it! And when you know him and you know his life this is someone whose life is marked by Jesus.

You're trying to figure out who you are when you're younger. However, once you've found yourself, you run your race, and you run in your own lane.

I had a dream that I was captain of fate. I lost control and then I sank.

I like to use my voice as an instrument and just play along with the music. That's really how I tend to my voice. The content usually comes after or during that process of just trying to be an instrument.

Magnify the father, why bother with something lesser?

God sometimes takes us into troubles waters not to drown us, but to cleanse us.

God just has his own agenda, and he does what he wants to do with stuff.

For me, my faith dictates everything I do, so no matter what I'm saying in my art, my faith is the driver for that. That's what I'd encourage people to understand as they listen to my music. It's distinct. My worldview bleeds through my music.

For me, I want to change the way people see the world. That's why I do what I do...with every email, text message, and every phone call that I get with people saying "Man what you've done God has used it to change me" that's when I see success.

Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you.

A lot of time, the music reflects reality, which reflects music.

Sin is like an incredible meal that becomes poisonous venom in your stomach. What you eat on Earth you may digest in Hell.