When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to…

I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.

— Karrine Steffans

Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea…

— Rapsody

When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal…

— Curtis Jackson

I was listening to this record by Paul Desmond called First Place Again. It's incredibly gorgeous. There is nothing better that you would want…

— Sam Amidon

The idea that somebody out there is that eager to hear my music in advance can only be a good thing. But growing up,…

— John Britt Daniel

People aren't really paying attention when they're listening to your record, so unless you're shouting exactly what you want them to hear, they don't…

— Geoff Rickly

It's easy listening to a record, but a live performance is so personal and real.

— Gin Wigmore

I often find myself listening to a record because a lot of people or magazines have told me it's good and I'm supposed to…

— Trent Reznor

The idea of listening to a record that's in one generic style, it becomes quite boring after the third or fourth song, in my…

— Dom Thomas

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record.…

— Brian Eno

I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary.

— Chris Bailey

I don't even listen to hip-hop.

— Ghostface Killah

Really, I listen to more hip hop probably than most other things. That's where I get a lot of my influence from because it's…

— Richard Ashcroft

Chicano Rap is a genre in its own and its got its own fan base and it's respected. When I grew up I knew…

— Snow Tha Product

A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music.

— Dr. Dre