David Banner Quotes (20 Quotes)

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a workaholic, ... I am just going to use this time while I am shooting the film to really rest. I am totally focused on acting because that has always been my dream. After we are done shooting, I am planning on start

I'm glad Kanye said what he said on NBC. The president never gave a damn about black folks.

I actually think I'll do a lot better in the movies than in the music situations.

It was a blessing because, to see all of us three years ago, we could barely get in the building. So for us to have a medley and represent a place that has been hit so hard ...

Artists who've had big problems with each other came together today, hugged ... and said, 'We gonna come together and make this happen.'

I think Hurricane Katrina has exposed America for what it is, ... I think it's bigger than black and white. I think it has a lot more to do with rich and poor. We've always known that America is a racially driven country. We front like it's all good, but we know the levels of racism that are in America. It shows that America doesn't give a damn about people in the hood, period.

I need y'all to be sure that you go back home. They been waiting to tear our ghettos down and separate us from our land.

It might be a band coming towards you, ... So y'all can bring us out on tour, hint, hint. Give us some of that Korn money.

This was a star-studded event. We had cats flying in from LA and all over just to be there. We had over 10,000 people there, it was amazing,

I wanna change the whole perception of rap. That's why I come in here looking like this. I wanna surprise 'em.

He looked better than he ever looked to me. But he's the one who decides whether he can look at himself in the daytime. The one thing you have to understand about comedians is, the more they make people smile, the more pain that they usually feel inside.

It's about a white family and a black family living in modern day North Mississippi but the white family's mind set is that of 1869 and no matter what you do it won't change, they still think and talk the way they would in 1869, so it's really pushing it, ... My character is a member of black rock band who works at Sonic, but he is moving upward and is in direct conflict with the white family. I think that it's really going to push the envelope and address the issue of race relations in America, even if we don't want to.

The sad thing is that people are going to think this is a reflection of rap music. But it's not a reflection ... people have lives outside of the music.

My character is one of the few people in the town besides Lazarus played by Samuel L. Jackson that really understands this woman, ... He's a hustler but No one else believes in her and they all kind of get down on her. It's a real cool movie

Honestly, I have a tendency not to enjoy my work, and the one thing that I got from Samuel Jackson is ... he wants me to enjoy it, ... He tells me that all the time, 'Loosen up a little bit.' But the thing is, me coming from Mississippi, I understand these opportunities are not readily available to my people. So I have to make sure that everything that I do, I do it to the best of my ability because it's a reflection of more than just me. When people look at David Banner they see Mississippi, so I have to make sure that it's good. And you have to understand my acting debut was with Samuel L. Jackson, so imagine that flavor. If you suck and he is as good as he is, he's going to show you how bad you suck in front of the whole world.

Banner is so committed to paving that road he even placed 5 golden tickets in select copies of his first album. Each lucky recipient got a 10,000 scholarship to the school of their choice. The one thing I hate about America, ... is how they channel all these ideas to the urban community that are not conducive to us being functional people in America . They've got us thinking it's negative to be smart that it makes you a 'nerd,' and that it's cool to be late for everything and be unprofessional. Whenever I do an interview I have to wait around for the writer because they just assume that rappers are always late. So I'm trying to show that there's nothing wrong with handling your business properly and doing what you're supposed to and that there's nothing wrong with being smart. Knowledge is what you need in order to survive.

I don't think that what happened was any different than at any other event where you have a lot of people. It's tragic that it happened and that the media magnified this so much.

Banner felt somewhat prepared for the role, having grown up watching rock videos on MTV, but he still went to the other David for advice. David said, 'Whatever you do, do it with style, 'cause the ladies love me, so the ladies have to love you too,' ... And I told him, 'Dave, you don't have to worry.'

We're now in the process of making sure the people who really need assistance get that, ... I haven't been home in about three months, but it's been a blessing.

It's like an alternate world. It's a day in the life of the actual group, so they took little quirks about everybody's personality and amplified it a whole lot. David the drummer is the pretty boy in the group, so he keeps a mirror around, he has to make sure that he's tight before he goes onstage.