I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money,… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
I think that we, as the African-American men in hip-hop, we have a greater responsibly because we have the ears of so… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok.… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Most of all, what I've learned is I need to share what it is that I know. And it's the whole reason… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the… — Brian Austin Green Copy Share Image
I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together… — Kreayshawn Copy Share Image
I can put a hip-hop beat to reggae. That is, I can have real reggae in the drums and in the rhythm,… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat.… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When I fell in love with hip-hop, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. But I used to like Common and Nas. But I… — Cyhi the Prynce Copy Share Image
If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. Look at hip hop artists, they produced everything themselves. Even people… — Michael Winslow Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs and making music since I was probably ten years old...so my inspirations back then, I don't know -… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
People will less and less need to put an identity on genres, such as "hip hop," "electronica" and so forth. That's what… — Princess Superstar Copy Share Image
For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
It seems all worlds of music - rock, blues, R&B, soul, hip-hop and others - are able to point to impromptu get-togethers… — Ashley Kahn Copy Share Image
That was my challenge then, how to make scratching still fun for someone who didn't necessarily come to hear that. It was… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
Hip hop is ever changing and has definitely entered a new era. Many fans have mixed feelings over the direction of rap… — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
Nobody's gonna ever like all my music but if your talking about the core hip-hop fans that like hardcore rap, they're still… — SonReal Copy Share Image
For us, selling a million records in 2005 is the equivalent of selling 2 to 3 million records (five years ago). Rock… — Jacoby Shaddix Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express… — El-P Copy Share Image
I actually don't like hip hop much; the music is too clichéd, the subculture, especially the macho strutting of gangsta rappers, isn't… — Shahin Najafi Copy Share Image
Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
Take emceeing, one of the foundations of hip-hop culture. A guy grabs a mic, steps up on stage and becomes a spokesman;… — Ali Shaheed Muhammad Copy Share Image
Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just… — Rapsody Copy Share Image
I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Back in the day, if someone said that hip hop and rap was a fad, that was a joke to me because… — Jam Master Jay Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Like any great art, the culture of hip-hop has changed with the times. With the state of technology, music is more accessible… — One9 Copy Share Image
The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Am I one part R&B? Sure, but I'm also part soulful, and I'm old school funk, I'm pop, I'm rock, I'm hip… — Kevin michael Copy Share Image
It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, you listened to a certain genre. Now it's like, "I love indie rock, I love hip-hop, jazz,… — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
