You aspire to be as great as Michael Jackson is as an artist. I don't think any artist in pop, rock or… — Bruno Mars Copy Share Image
I've always done music to push people to get them to get uncomfortable in their seat so they could wrestle with things.… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something… — Nas Copy Share Image
I put the truth out there, I put the historical facts into Hip Hop to show us how much history repeats itself… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Why is the world round? Why do the suckas bite? Why do the freaks come out at night? Why they paint Jesus… — Lee Majors Copy Share Image
Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.It evolves, your taste. It sometimes deepens, in terms of… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
If you take a guy like a Barack Obama, who's raised millions of dollars from the most donors in the history of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I did a couple songs with this hip-hop guy named Tim Dark. He was working in the same studio I've been working… — Alan Vega Copy Share Image
I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I… — Common Copy Share Image
Me and hip-hop have a relationship that has nothing to do with no other rapper, no matter where you from or nothing.… — Nas Copy Share Image
We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really got to fuse some of my hip hop & R&B background into the Jessica 6 album since I was really… — Nomi Ruiz Copy Share Image
I think the hip hop world and the rock world still have a lot in common, but it certainly seems like things… — Bubba Sparxxx Copy Share Image
I'm not going to listen to the hottest Hip Hop station in my city because that's not where I'm at right now.… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
I grew up with my older brother listening to hip hop, and Jay-Z was the main person I listened to. When it… — Tinchy Stryder Copy Share Image
That's the beautiful thing about the saxophone. It can peacefully coexist with just about anything - whether it's hip-hop, rap, rock music,… — Dave Koz Copy Share Image
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I hate to see somebody get locked up, especially someone as talented as Lil Wayne. You know Wayne is a strong figure… — Fabolous Copy Share Image
But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
When the band begins to get a name for themselves, and the writers get assigned to bands, they'll hit somebody who just… — Kim Deal Copy Share Image
15, 16, I mean, 17, 18, is when I was really getting into the hip hop phase and really studying the things… — Drake Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in electronica, techno, trip-hop, that kind of music. The thing that bothered me about a lot of that… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then… — Ice T Copy Share Image
I think the focus of the media changes. At the moment the more electronic stuff like trip-hop was the flavor of the… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
I think I've been able to witness Canadian hip-hop get a lot more respect from our own people. I think some of… — JD Era Copy Share Image
I just got a chance to see strong tenacity and a desire to be on top from some young women who have… — MC Lyte Copy Share Image
I think I'm the future of hip-hop. You know, I feel bad for saying that. That's unfortunate, but that's a fact. You… — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
If I weren't making music, I'd be the kid who writes into the magazines and says, "why don't you guys ever cover… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, you want to be always the one that's one step ahead of everybody, and when it… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
![“It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining [by the major labels]. Some people get into this music to make a killing but music is a way to make a living.” quote by Chuck D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86d/chuck-d-2065_bigs_it-ain-t-this-big-i-little-you-music-is_1548865.jpg)
![“All the forms of popular music from jazz to hip-hop, to bebop, to soul [come from black innovation]. You talk about different dances from the catwalk, to the jitterbug, to the Charleston, to break dancing -\-\ all these are forms of black dancing...What would [life] be without a song, without a…” quote by Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d17/michael-jackson-411_bebop_all-the-forms-of-popular-music-from-jazz_1942800.jpg)
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