‘Life comes with pain.’ – Rod Wave

‘That’s how I feel sometimes. I don’t want to be around nobody. I just want to be alone.’ – Rod Wave

‘I don’t need no extra attention from nobody. I’m good.’ – Rod Wave

‘You can always read a person by what comes out his mouth.’ – Rod Wave

‘Life goes up and down. So I just incorporate it with my music. I’m just blessed.’ – Rod Wave

‘My lady, my mama, my grandma, everybody think I’m crazy.’ – Rod Wave

‘You listen to my music, I’ma tell you how I’m feeling, the pain that I go through on a daily basis, my real life, you know what I’m saying? Reality – I feel like a lot of people living in fairytale land, wonderland.’ – Rod Wave

‘Street Runner’ is a personal song about the sacrifices I made to pursue this career that I have now. All while never forgetting about the family and loved ones I’m doing it for.’ – Rod Wave

‘I hate attention, man.’ – Rod Wave

‘I just wanted to make music, because it’s how I get stuff off my chest. I want it to always feel like my escape.’ – Rod Wave

‘Music is a way of opening up.’ – Rod Wave

‘The single ‘Pray 4 Love’ was a summary for the album, but there are a lot of different messages about the way to deal with relationships from dealing with your homeboys to dealing with your pain. This is life that we all go through.’ – Rod Wave

‘I’m a rapper and an artist, but I’m a human. That’s what people forget. That’s why I try to make them remember.’ – Rod Wave

‘I’ve never really been able to open up and record around people.’ – Rod Wave

‘I can’t get on the Internet without seeing my face or name.’ – Rod Wave

‘When I do my music, I don’t even go to the studio. It’s just me and my engineer in a dark room somewhere, recording.’ – Rod Wave

‘I listen to everything that sounds good with a story. I even listen to Adele. I listen to all kinds of music. Everything with a story that I can listen to and close my eyes and visualize it. I just love music.’ – Rod Wave

‘I never thought I would be on the tour or that people would want to talk about my album. It was never about that.’ – Rod Wave

‘I can definitely write a book. Growing up, I really learned that. The stuff I was reading were urban books and I definitely got into it a lot.’ – Rod Wave

‘I just love making music, bruh.’ – Rod Wave

‘I liked Kanye West when I was coming up.’ – Rod Wave

‘Somebody who really influenced me since a kid was Lil Phat. He was just telling his life story.’ – Rod Wave

‘Every show my heart’s beating real fast, my palms sweating. I’m uncomfortable and I’m trying to get off the stage as fast as possible.’ – Rod Wave

‘I remember my first time in the studio, I wasted like six hours. There were too many people in there. I was kind of shy.’ – Rod Wave

‘R, Rod Wave, that comes from one of my homeboys gave me that name ’cause I used to be scared to upload my music. I just used to make music and just to listen to it myself. So one day, he just uploaded it and gave me my name. I came back to school, everybody was like, ‘Rod Wave!’ I ain’t know what the hell they was talkin’ ’bout.’ – Rod Wave

‘I feel like before music, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I didn’t know where I was going to end up. I was scared to even have people depending on me.’ – Rod Wave

‘I’m a regular person who just makes nice music.’ – Rod Wave

‘I think I been chosen to be a 2020 XXL Freshman ’cause, you know, I been rocking with XXL since I started, you know what I’m saying? They respect grind, you know?’ – Rod Wave

‘Life comes with pain.’ – Rod Wave

‘That’s how I feel sometimes. I don’t want to be around nobody. I just want to be alone.’ – Rod Wave

‘I don’t need no extra attention from nobody. I’m good.’ – Rod Wave

‘You can always read a person by what comes out his mouth.’ – Rod Wave

‘Life goes up and down. So I just incorporate it with my music. I’m just blessed.’ – Rod Wave

‘My lady, my mama, my grandma, everybody think I’m crazy.’ – Rod Wave

‘You listen to my music, I’ma tell you how I’m feeling, the pain that I go through on a daily basis, my real life, you know what I’m saying? Reality – I feel like a lot of people living in fairytale land, wonderland.’ – Rod Wave

‘Street Runner’ is a personal song about the sacrifices I made to pursue this career that I have now. All while never forgetting about the family and loved ones I’m doing it for.’ – Rod Wave

‘I hate attention, man.’ – Rod Wave

‘I just wanted to make music, because it’s how I get stuff off my chest. I want it to always feel like my escape.’ – Rod Wave

‘Music is a way of opening up.’ – Rod Wave

‘The single ‘Pray 4 Love’ was a summary for the album, but there are a lot of different messages about the way to deal with relationships from dealing with your homeboys to dealing with your pain. This is life that we all go through.’ – Rod Wave

‘I’m a rapper and an artist, but I’m a human. That’s what people forget. That’s why I try to make them remember.’ – Rod Wave

‘I’ve never really been able to open up and record around people.’ – Rod Wave

‘I can’t get on the Internet without seeing my face or name.’ – Rod Wave

‘When I do my music, I don’t even go to the studio. It’s just me and my engineer in a dark room somewhere, recording.’ – Rod Wave

‘I listen to everything that sounds good with a story. I even listen to Adele. I listen to all kinds of music. Everything with a story that I can listen to and close my eyes and visualize it. I just love music.’ – Rod Wave

‘I never thought I would be on the tour or that people would want to talk about my album. It was never about that.’ – Rod Wave

‘I can definitely write a book. Growing up, I really learned that. The stuff I was reading were urban books and I definitely got into it a lot.’ – Rod Wave

‘I just love making music, bruh.’ – Rod Wave

‘I liked Kanye West when I was coming up.’ – Rod Wave

‘Somebody who really influenced me since a kid was Lil Phat. He was just telling his life story.’ – Rod Wave

‘Every show my heart’s beating real fast, my palms sweating. I’m uncomfortable and I’m trying to get off the stage as fast as possible.’ – Rod Wave

‘I remember my first time in the studio, I wasted like six hours. There were too many people in there. I was kind of shy.’ – Rod Wave

‘R, Rod Wave, that comes from one of my homeboys gave me that name ’cause I used to be scared to upload my music. I just used to make music and just to listen to it myself. So one day, he just uploaded it and gave me my name. I came back to school, everybody was like, ‘Rod Wave!’ I ain’t know what the hell they was talkin’ ’bout.’ – Rod Wave

‘I feel like before music, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I didn’t know where I was going to end up. I was scared to even have people depending on me.’ – Rod Wave

‘I’m a regular person who just makes nice music.’ – Rod Wave

‘I think I been chosen to be a 2020 XXL Freshman ’cause, you know, I been rocking with XXL since I started, you know what I’m saying? They respect grind, you know?’ – Rod Wave

‘I never really was like, ‘Let’s me and this rapper link so the song can go crazy and everybody can listen to it.’ I never made music for that purpose.’ – Rod Wave

‘I remember getting evicted and all kinds of stuff. Police coming to get me out of my house, telling me it’s time to go. I remember all of that.’ – Rod Wave