Citizen Cope Quotations

Just because you get a record deal doesn't mean you're even going to put out a record,

Someone asked me the other day if it was easier breaking into rap or rock, ... I don't know, I haven't broken in on either one, you know

You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave meThere's no words to describe itIn French or in EnglishWell, diamonds they fadeAnd flowers they bloomAnd I'm telling youThese feelings won't go awayThey've been knockin' me sidewaysThey've been knockin' me out latelyWhenever you come around meThese feelings won't go away They've been knockin' me sidewaysI keep thinking in a moment thatTime will take them awayBut these feelings won't go away.

There's new young bands out there that just have incredible, really great songs,

If you look at the lyrics, I could be writing that about myself or about the government and hopefully that's the power of the song, ... It makes sense about the government -- 'what you've done here is put yourself between the bullet and the target.' I believe they did that. And I also put myself in life in harm's way. People sometimes are born in positions like that and sometimes they put themselves there. And they have to get out.

If I condone that kind of journalism, she's going to be in Iraq one day, so is that how she's going to prepare for something of importance?, ... If someone comes in and is not familiar with what I'm doing, then they're doing me a disservice and themselves and their readers.