Tablo Quotes

Doesn't the world inside a black and white photograph seem more real? It's because the real world is losing its color ~ Tablo

What's the point of beauty if it's only seen by one? ~ Tablo

To be strong is to understand weakness. To be weak is to have fears. To have fears is to have something precious to you. To have something precious to you is to be strong. ~ Tablo

When the face in the mirror doesn't please you, turn it into a canvas. ~ Tablo

Revolution begins with one step ~ Tablo

Robbing someone of their smile and putting it on your own face doesn't make you happy. ~ Tablo

They say time flies, but you keep breaking it's wings. ~ Tablo

Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it. ~ Tablo

You lose yourself trying to hold on to someone who doesn't care about losing you ~ Tablo

She laughed, but this time it sounded hoarse. "It's alright," she said, leaning in again. "It's not the first time I've fucked to get a part."
Mark took a step back, putting his hand forward to distance her. The way she said fucked sounded exactly like the way she said rat, and he felt certain that this was all wrong.
"How could you say that?"
"Say what? You can't be new to this."
"That's not an excuse," he said, taking another step back. "Why do you do this? How can you do this?"

She stopped her approach. Her eyes turned to the abandoned plate of steak on the coffee table. Mark, unable to imagine what she was feeling, picked up her sweater from the floor and handed it to her. She took it without looking at him, then sat on the couch. She began to cry.
"I'm sorry," he said. "But there's no reason for you to do any of this."

She put her sweater on, straightened her skirt, then turned to face him. "I do this," she said, gesturing gat the couch, "because the moment I spend being someone else on screen is better than the twenty-eight years I've spent being myself. ~ Tablo

Live creatively. Create life. These are two ways to make a better world. ~ Tablo

My heart was closed. Cold.
I was self-conscious and cynical. ~ Tablo

I walked around Soho's street for over an hour, running into familiar faces but never once stopping to chat. It was then that I felt something discomforting and comforting all at once. I didn't want to be here, in this city, anymore. ~ Tablo

These are the pieces of my youth,
the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations
that defined my coming of age. ~ Tablo

I always make sure there's an opening in my room - an inch at the door, or maybe even at the window. My grandmother taught me that if one dies during sleep, the soul needs an exit, or it will be forever trapped in the room. ~ Tablo

I disliked the unfamiliar happiness more than the familiar sadness ~ Tablo

You don't wanna know the sinner.
You don't wanna know the killer. Because it's you.
Television is stalling evolution.
Medication is stalling evolution.
Evolution is stalling revolution. Evolution, revolution.
Collaboration, the start of revolution.
My decision, the start of revolution.
Revolution, the start of evolution. Revolution, evolution. ~ Tablo

Happiness is very simple and minimal. ~ Tablo

Though I may not flow where the wind guides me, I won't become still water. ~ Tablo

He laughed. I suddenly wanted to laugh, to laugh with him, to sit here, or maybe outside in the rain, and just laugh with him. But I couldn't. I couldn't even smile. ~ Tablo

It didn't rain for you, maybe, but it always rains for me. The sky shatters and rains shards of glass. ~ Tablo

The way up is a staircase.
The way down is a cliff. ~ Tablo

The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre. ~ Tablo

When I stop at a stop sign, I don't think about the distance I've crossed. I just wish I never had to stop. ~ Tablo

I wanted to stay, but at the same time, I wanted to disappear. ~ Tablo

All the promises we made in the beginning, did we forget because we were busy? Or are we already too busy forgetting? ~ Tablo

There's a lot of American people who like K-Pop for some reason. I don't know why, you know? But they like it even if they can't understand it because it has that style, that appeal. ~ Tablo

Watch people breathing, you don't notice it until they don't. ~ Tablo

When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings. ~ Tablo

When I no longer have the strength to hold up an umbrella for you, I'll stand with you in the rain. ~ Tablo

Crying is easy, like breathing- the more you hold it in, the more you let out. ~ Tablo

Your life, your soul, your world. They cannot kill it. Look at me, I've died but I opened my eyes again. ~ Tablo

I can't change the world, but I'm hoping that what I say and do will inspire everyone to try. ~ Tablo

I'd rather be just a Korean musician as opposed to, you know, a K-Pop musician. ~ Tablo

Say you want to live life like a movie.
Keep in mind there's a running time. ~ Tablo

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know? ~ Tablo

Maybe the start line was supposed to be your finish line. Don't be afraid to walk backwards. ~ Tablo

People believe those fairytales about falling in love at first sight at the bus, subway, or at the streets. But it doesn't make sense how they'd laugh at the ones who fell in love at first sight through TV screens. Loving a celebrity IS a type of love. Love is fair to everyone. ~ Tablo

Who can tell?
Your living is an organized hell.
The mansion of your mind just an oversized cell.
The pressure, everything is done to a measure.
In the sea of competition sunk like a treasure.
Like a feather falling slow spiraling to the floor.
Strung up like a broken violin to your course.
Opportunity is knocking at your door,
But you never left a welcome mat (It doesn't matter anymore.).
Or anyhow, but you're too late to turn back.
Fate pushing you into the wall like a thumbtack.
Ain't no comebacks in this game of life.
Roll the dice again,
Roll it once, never twice.

Keep on going, and taste the stars.
Keep on growing, and raise the bar.
You're living life for the As down to the Zs,
After one drop you got a fountain to seize.

Wanna break from the world, but the world wanna break you,
The weight makes your backbone curl up and make you. ~ Tablo

I guess the difference between the Korean hip-hop scene and the American hip-hop scene is that in the American hip-hop scene, you know, they have their Jay-Zs. They can become conglomerates through hip-hop. In Korea, it doesn't happen. ~ Tablo

When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are ... and what you do and what you make. ~ Tablo