They say that the good die young, and Mac Miller certainly left the world way too early. This rapper inspired tens of thousands of our youth to live an extraordinary life. He left behind him a legacy that I look forward to seeing others continue, and I hope these quotes will inspire you as much as they have me:
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. Enjoy the best things in your life cuz you ain’t gonna get to live it twice.
3. Stand by those who stand by you.
4. Fear, to me, is a guiding thing more than anything.
5. It’s hard to dream when you’re deep inside of one.
6. Your life’s short, don’t ever question the length. It’s cool to cry, don’t ever question your strength.
7. The life you live is more important than the words you speak.
8. Sometimes I see the world for how f-ked up it really is. I tell myself I’ll be the one to make a change in it. I could die tonight; not make it to the sunrise, then I couldn’t hear the pain in it.
9. They’re gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up, and go and think of better things.
10. Someone told me sleep was the cousin of death and followin’ the dollar finds nothin’ but stress.
11. Don’t count the number of friends you have, but the number of friends you can count on.
12. Life is just a recital, better remember all that you practice.
13. To me, women have always been the sturdiest people in my life and have been incredible sources of energy.
14. 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.
15. I like seeing good people win.
16. Life goes on, days get brighter.
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. 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.
19. Never make yourself feel like nothing, to make someone else feel like everything.
20. 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.
21. A penny for your thoughts, a dollar for your dreams.
22. No matter where life takes me, find me with a smile.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. Been contemplating if I even still believe in the truth.
26. 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.
27. They gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams, but you gotta get up and go, and think of better things. Live free.
28. If I stay in one mindset or place for too long, I get crazy.
29. People change and things go wrong, but just remember, life goes on.
30. We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection, and dream of perfection.
31. 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.
32. Planting the seeds, working and watching it grow.
33. 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.
34. Some people need to just stop thinking about everything they do and just do it.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. The number one reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they’ve gotten.