--- title: "31 Beastie Boys Quotes by 26 authors" description: "Browse 31 Beastie Boys quotes by 26 authors. Discover the best Beastie Boys sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/anders-holm-20496_art_beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of_2544379.jpg" --- > [Beastie Boys and David Bowie are two of my favorite artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anders-holm/beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of-my-favorite-artists/) [Anders Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anders-holm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/anders-holm-20496_art_beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of_2544379.jpg) > [I love being in the Beastie Boys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ad-rock/i-love-being-in-the-beastie-boys/) [Ad-Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ad-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/ad-rock-4970_being_i-love-being-in-the-beastie-boys-1421078_1421078.png) > [There are some rap acts that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands. The Beastie Boys could do it very easily. Digable Planets could do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-popper/there-are-some-rap-acts-that-could-be-h-o-r-d-e-bands-the-beastie/) [John Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/john-popper-4917_bands_there-are-some-rap-acts-that-could-be-h_3104107.jpg) > [Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys gave me a present: it's a boombox with a keyboard and a beatbox in it. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-murphy/ad-rock-from-the-beastie-boys-gave-me-a-present-it-s-a-boombox-with-a/) [James Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/james-murphy-4684_keyboard_ad-rock-from-the-beastie-boys-gave-me-a_2952004.jpg) > [I've never rapped. I karaoke-d 'Paul Revere' from Beastie Boys when I was 15, 14 years old, but that's it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shavo-odadjian/i-ve-never-rapped-i-karaoke-d-paul-revere-from-beastie-boys-when-i/) [Shavo Odadjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shavo-odadjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/shavo-odadjian-7565_never_i-ve-never-rapped-i-karaoke-d-paul-rever_1523230.jpg) > [I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-byrne/i-liked-the-beastie-boys-and-a-tribe-called-quest-and-cypress-hill/) [Rose Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/rose-byrne-11307_adventure_i-liked-the-beastie-boys-and-a-tribe-cal_1913334.jpg) > [If the Beastie Boys and the Beach Boys and Pet Shop Boys can stay boys, so can we.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-dorough/if-the-beastie-boys-and-the-beach-boys-and-pet-shop-boys-can-stay/) [Howie Dorough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-dorough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/howie-dorough-22124_beach_if-the-beastie-boys-and-the-beach-boys-a_3229101.png) > [On the Gong Show, we won't get gonged. We're the Beastie Boys, not Cheech and Chong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beastie-boys/on-the-gong-show-we-won-t-get-gonged-we-re-the-beastie-boys-not/) [Beastie Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beastie-boys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/beastie-boys-18776_gong_on-the-gong-show-we-won-t-get-gonged-we_274119.jpg) > [My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-brennan/my-entryway-into-hip-hop-was-my-biggest-introduction-was-obviously/) [Neal Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-brennan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/neal-brennan-4937_hip-hop_my-entryway-into-hip-hop-was-my-biggest_287820.jpg) > [For me I look at a group like Queen or AC/DC or the Beastie Boys. There was melody within what they did.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-buble/for-me-i-look-at-a-group-like-queen-or-ac-dc-or-the-beastie-boys/) [Michael Buble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-buble/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/michael-buble-6948_boys_for-me-i-look-at-a-group-like-queen-or-a_2048569.jpg) > [Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dee-dee-ramone/billboard-called-my-solo-album-standing-in-the-spotlight-a-great/) [Dee Dee Ramone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dee-dee-ramone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/dee-dee-ramone-14187_albums_billboard-called-my-solo-album-standing_2568692.jpg) > [I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to tour with the Beastie Boys and watched almost every set they played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/i-was-very-lucky-to-have-had-the-opportunity-to-tour-with-the-beastie/) [Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/henry-rollins-170_best_i-was-very-lucky-to-have-had-the-opportu_519924.png) > [Hearing the Beastie Boys speak out against sexism made me feel like if these men who had once sung about getting girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-valenti/hearing-the-beastie-boys-speak-out-against-sexism-made-me-feel-like/) [Jessica Valenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-valenti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/244/jessica-valenti-1960_best-way_hearing-the-beastie-boys-speak-out-again_2967215.png) > [When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-the-black-lips-sent-a-track-over-to-me-i-thought-it-sounded-like/) [Gza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/gza-3767_black_when-the-black-lips-sent-a-track-over-to_197278.png) > [I guess I'm the guy from the Beastie Boys. I'm one of the guys from the Beastie Boys. I guess that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ad-rock/i-guess-i-m-the-guy-from-the-beastie-boys-i-m-one-of-the-guys-from/) [Ad-Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ad-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/ad-rock-4970_always_i-guess-i-m-the-guy-from-the-beastie-boy_2767613.png) > [Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ad-rock/hardcore-bands-were-coming-out-with-names-like-urban-waste-and-the/) [Ad-Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ad-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/ad-rock-4970_come_hardcore-bands-were-coming-out-with-name_843470.png) > [My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talib-kweli/my-fondest-memories-were-watching-the-beastie-boys-get-prepped-to/) [Talib Kweli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talib-kweli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/talib-kweli-1746_antics_my-fondest-memories-were-watching-the-be_1813068.png) > [The Beastie Boys are guys I loved before I met them, and when I got to know them, we started a magazine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/the-beastie-boys-are-guys-i-loved-before-i-met-them-and-when-i-got-to/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/spike-jonze-3309_before_the-beastie-boys-are-guys-i-loved-before_2680671.jpg) > [Hopefully everybody in the audience thinks, 'That's cool. I could do that.' I don't like the thought that they say, 'I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/hopefully-everybody-in-the-audience-thinks-that-s-cool-i-could-do/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/mike-d-7016_audience_hopefully-everybody-in-the-audience-thin_832116.png) > [I got into DJ'ing because I started to listen to New York radio a lot. Obviously, I knew the stuff everybody knew,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-ronson/i-got-into-dj-ing-because-i-started-to-listen-to-new-york-radio-a-lot/) [Mark Ronson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-ronson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/mark-ronson-11628_black_i-got-into-dj-ing-because-i-started-to-l_3081272.jpg) > [I'm a child of the 80s so I grew up listening to an awesome variety of music. John Cougar Mellencamp, Tom Petty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ty-stone/i-m-a-child-of-the-80s-so-i-grew-up-listening-to-an-awesome-variety/) [Ty Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ty-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/ty-stone-82416_art-making_i-m-a-child-of-the-80s-so-i-grew-up-list_2754078.jpg) > [I've always been a massive Beastie Boys fan, so if you look at their style aesthetic on Check Your Head, that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-richman/i-ve-always-been-a-massive-beastie-boys-fan-so-if-you-look-at-their/) [Adam Richman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-richman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/adam-richman-10721_aesthetic_i-ve-always-been-a-massive-beastie-boys_2303962.jpg) > [People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-d/people-are-so-confused-about-race-and-hip-hop-that-people-didn-t-even/) [Chuck D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-d/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/chuck-d-2065_all-time_people-are-so-confused-about-race-and-hi_955381.png) > [What I learned from the Beastie Boys was to be independent. They set up their own world separate from the label. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spike-jonze/what-i-learned-from-the-beastie-boys-was-to-be-independent-they-set/) [Spike Jonze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spike-jonze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/spike-jonze-3309_boy_what-i-learned-from-the-beastie-boys-was_744862.jpg) > [If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanilla-ice/if-you-grew-up-in-my-generation-you-re-going-to-be-influenced-by-run/) [Vanilla Ice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanilla-ice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/vanilla-ice-8406_boys_if-you-grew-up-in-my-generation-you-re-g_2504622.png) > [They don't want to see rap music. They don't want to see the Beastie Boys. They don't care what we're doing. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ad-rock/they-don-t-want-to-see-rap-music-they-don-t-want-to-see-the-beastie/) [Ad-Rock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ad-rock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/ad-rock-4970_boys_they-don-t-want-to-see-rap-music-they-do_2374168.png) > [We asked the Beastie Boys to do a record with us. I think they decided that they didn't want to do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rev-run/we-asked-the-beastie-boys-to-do-a-record-with-us-i-think-they-decided/) [Rev. Run](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rev-run/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/rev-run-5761_deep_we-asked-the-beastie-boys-to-do-a-record_1188679.jpg) > [When we were 15, my brother and I were getting really into Nirvana, Green Day, and The Beastie Boys. We started going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-madden/when-we-were-15-my-brother-and-i-were-getting-really-into-nirvana/) [Joel Madden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-madden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/500/joel-madden-12846_boy_when-we-were-15-my-brother-and-i-were-ge_3141448.jpg) > [Rest In Peace to MCA of The Beastie Boys. You and your group passed color lines in hip-hop and changed music forever.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enhance-dreams/rest-in-peace-to-mca-of-the-beastie-boys-you-and-your-group-passed/) [Enhance Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enhance-dreams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/enhance-dreams-769_music_rest-in-peace-to-mca-of-the-beastie-boys_663840.jpg) > [I kind of idolized older punk-rock and hip-hop bands, and I was, like, 15 when I started the Beastie Boys. And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/i-kind-of-idolized-older-punk-rock-and-hip-hop-bands-and-i-was-like/) [Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/mike-d-7016_age_i-kind-of-idolized-older-punk-rock-and-h_1672875.png) > [Groups like Naughty By Nature, groups like De La Soul, groups like the Beastie Boys - they were pivotal in introducing us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-real/groups-like-naughty-by-nature-groups-like-de-la-soul-groups-like-the/) [B-Real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-real/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/b-real-4831_love_groups-like-naughty-by-nature-groups-lik_149466.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beastie-boys/#itemlist", "name": "Beastie Boys Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beastie Boys and David Bowie are two of my favorite artists.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anders Holm" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anders-holm/beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of-my-favorite-artists/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/anders-holm-20496_art_beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of_2544379.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/anders-holm-20496_art_beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of_2544379.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78e/anders-holm-20496_art_beastie-boys-and-david-bowie-are-two-of_2544379.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Beastie Boys and David Bowie are two of my favorite artists.” — Anders Holm", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love being in the Beastie Boys.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ad-Rock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ad-rock/i-love-being-in-the-beastie-boys/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/ad-rock-4970_being_i-love-being-in-the-beastie-boys-1421078_1421078.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/ad-rock-4970_being_i-love-being-in-the-beastie-boys-1421078_1421078.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/ad-rock-4970_being_i-love-being-in-the-beastie-boys-1421078_1421078.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love being in the Beastie Boys.” — Ad-Rock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are some rap acts that could be H.O.R.D.E. bands. 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