{"author":"Kid Cudi","author_id":"Kid+Cudi","total_quotes":7,"quotes":[{"text":"The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they don't want change, they don't like change. And I get that, that's cool. Luckily for me, I'm confident in myself as an artist where I can do what I want, and as long as I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["change","myself","i am "],"id":2493,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"},{"text":"Once I accomplish one thing and I'm satisfied, I try something else. I may be 50 and doing something totally outside of music and acting. Maybe I'll become a kindergarten teacher.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["music","acting","doing "],"id":77574,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"},{"text":"These things were happening in my life where I was like, 'Man, I wish my pops was here to see this.' I never had those thoughts before fame, when my life was just a regular life. I wasn't saying, 'I wish my dad could be around and see me working at Applebee's.'.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["life","man","me "],"id":103180,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"},{"text":"My life is like a speeding bullet that just hasn't hit the target yet.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["my life","target","like "],"id":119240,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"},{"text":"I'm very close with my family, so my mom is part of my entourage.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["family","part","close "],"id":135145,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"},{"text":"My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single family home in a middle-class suburb. That doesn't mean I didn't experience hardship, but to me it's not about that, it's about the future and where we are trying to take it.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["future","home","experience "],"id":166437,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"},{"text":"My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.","author":"Kid Cudi","tags":["change","music","people "],"id":346909,"author_id":"Kid+Cudi"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":7,"pages":1}}