“I mean I still live in my car, but I always find myself saving more money and be able to do the things I want to do.”- 3:50
“I wanted to move to LA because of the weather, warm all year long” 6:27
“I remember RCA asking “Could we get some of those photos so maybe we can use one for his album cover?” 10:12
“I knew that this opportunity was pretty much what you prep your whole life in photography for so why would you half step it any, just got and have fun.” 18:19
“There might be millions of photographers that are great at what they do but don’t have the opportunity yet but that doesn’t mean opportunity won’t come and just being patient about the opportunity” 22:03
“If he’s back there (J. Cole) at 4 AM working on music and I’m up here looking at Facebook, then I’m doing something wrong. Maybe I should be working on something too. ” 24:00
“I’m out of town on tour with Cole the next three months, do you want to stay at my crib?” 14:48
Kareem from Russia-
“The first day he got there, walking around DTLA and he randomly walked on set and just started working for free on a movie set. He had an AC belt or something like that. Just built a network talking to people on set. Fast forward now he’s working on the set of the Fast and Furious getting paid.” 20:30
“I looked up a bunch of YouTube videos of staying in a specific car.” 35:00
“He emailed Birdman everyday for a year.”
“Having a solid route and going place and sacrificing your playtime for work, while everyone is playing”- 38:57
“You’re 19 yrs old, you really have no motherf*ckin excuse to not be learning” -41:31
“Relationships really do take you a long way but sometimes you have to let relationships go too” 40:10
“You need to come with me to set to learn and meet some people”
“If you love what you do, then obviously, thats what you should be doing” 44:20
“You have to make a choice in your mind at some point whether it’s something you really want to do or not.” 53:47