Quotes by Flavor Flav

About Flavor Flav:

William Jonathan Drayton Jr. is an American musician, rapper, actor, television personality, and comedian who rose to prominence as a member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy. He is also known for popularizing the role of the hype man and for yelling "Yeah boy!" and "Flavor Flav!" during performances.
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Best advice that I ever got is to do whatever it takes to make myself happy, so that I'll be able to make others happy. If I'm not happy, I can't make other people happy.

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My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.

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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.

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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.

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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.

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Hip-hop is when you have crowd participation; when you chant at the audience and they chant back at you; when you wave your hands in the air like you just don't care; or some breakdancing. Everything today is just low-beat, real bass-y, bass-y, good ...

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What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.

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Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because...

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Doing scripted acting is a challenge to me. I can't remember things too good, so remembering lines is a challenge to your boy.

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I look more to the future. That's where my head is at.

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If I do look back, I'll say that I'm blessed. I'm blessed, and I appreciate God for not only letting me live through everything, but to prosper.

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I've taken a lot of time to build up the name Flavor Flav, but this could come tumbling down in 30 seconds. If you want to keep what you worked for hard all your life, then you got to do the right thing in your life.

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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.

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I'm a real big celebrity. I'm this megastar.

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I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page.

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One thing you can't do with babies, you can't give them steak.

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I set our house on fire when I was a little child playing with lighters. Boy, did I burn the place down!

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I got a lot happening, a whole lot, and it's not always easy being me.

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The moments we have behind us, you won't be able to see again. We're only responsible for what we live in right now.

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I grew up playing about 15 instruments and the way that I was able to accomplish that was by cutting my classes, hanging out in the band room all day, and going from one instrument to the next to the next, until I learned how to play everything by ea...

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Author Bio

  • NameFlavor Flav
  • DescriptionAmerican rapper
  • AliasesWilliam Jonathan Drayton, Jr.
  • BornMarch 16, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRapper; Musician