Nav Quotes

‘I live the everyday struggle in real life.’ – Nav

‘The people in the world who don’t know my background, don’t know my story, don’t know anything about me, they’re gonna judge it off face value and hate right away. People hate what they can’t understand.’ – Nav

‘I want to learn as much as I can from the people around me that know how to dress better than me.’ – Nav

‘I never take nothing serious.’ – Nav

‘My uncle was an Indian singer for a long time. He was pretty popular in India. He was one of the first people to take me to my first studio when I first got interested in making beats. My other uncle, on my mom’s side, played piano and keyboard.’ – Nav

‘The bigger I’ve gotten, the more humble I am. Life just humbles you.’ – Nav

‘You can ignore a hater comment, but if you see the same comment ten times, you gotta start paying attention.’ – Nav

‘As long as my bank account keeps going up, my mom’s good, my friends are good, I don’t care what nobody has to say.’ – Nav

‘There’s been times that I did songs with people and they didn’t put me on their album, I just respect their vision.’ – Nav

‘I’m ready for what comes with success. It’s part of the job. But I’m not a controversial person. Like I don’t got a lot of controversy around me.’ – Nav

‘I’m pretty quiet in the media. It’s just the way I carry myself.’ – Nav

‘I don’t really like attention that much. But at the end of the day, if they’re snapping you, that means you’re doing something right – or wrong.’ – Nav

‘I thought the fans would just like whatever I put out because it was me.’ – Nav

‘I really wanted attention. I really liked attention. But now that I got all the attention I find myself just, like, chilling by myself or going to low-key places.’ – Nav

‘I remember hiding behind my mom at parent teacher conferences.’ – Nav

‘I was at my mom’s house in the hood my whole life. I didn’t get to see L.A. until I was 26.’ – Nav

‘I used to think I was cursed ’cause of my high-pitched voice and image.’ – Nav

‘On ‘Reckless’ I was just a rapper, but really I’m a producer, engineer, a musician, and needed to put that all into the music.’ – Nav

‘Drake’s an amazing person and we hang out all the time in Toronto.’ – Nav

‘Before, I would walk outside with my XO jacket on and just pray that someone would notice me. But they wouldn’t even look at me.’ – Nav

‘I’ve known Uzi for a while… he’s the best.’ – Nav

‘I’m always in the studio. The studio is kinda like rolling the dice every night. It’s like gambling. It’s like buying a lottery ticket. The more times you go to the studio, it’s just more lottery tickets, more chances you win on the jackpot.’ – Nav

‘Growing up where I grew up, you think you’re grown, but you’re not. I come off very immature in my songs and in my manners and everything and I’m trying to tighten up.’ – Nav

‘It’s definitely an underdog vibe at XO.’ – Nav

‘I feel like Toronto is always going to be the most musical place as long as we stick to learning all the time.’ – Nav

‘There might be a brown kid who paints and isn’t sure, and his parents want him to be a lawyer or something. Not saying that’s bad, but it’s something that he’s not interested in. I hope I inspire the brown guys, brown girls, everybody, just to follow their dreams with no fear. Because that’s what I did.’ – Nav

‘I don’t have the best pen, maybe, but I know overall, the music, the sound is gonna sound great.’ – Nav