Hops Quotes

Today's Baudelaires are hip-hop artists.

— Jonathan Franzen

I am a hip-hop fanatic, and rock fanatic.

— Danny Masterson

I'm a big hip hop fan.

— Jonah Hill

Hip-hop is a vehicle.

— Talib Kweli

I'm the hip-hop Quincy Jones of today

— Wyclef Jean

Feed me hip-hop and I start tremblin'

— Rakim

Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.

— Talib Kweli

Kangoroos can't hop backwards.

— Daniel Tosh

I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement.

— Cee Lo Green

I always did poetry, and [rap music is] pretty much hip-hop melody with poems.

— Tiffany Foxx

Pretty soon I think you'll have Republicans, Democrats and Hip Hop as a party.

— Pitbull

For me the top music though has to be Rock or Hip Hop and artists like Kanye West.

— Steve Purdy

I'm headed towards greatness. I think I'm making history in hip-hop.

— Soulja Boy

I just like to hop up on the dance floor and do my thing.

— Kyle Massey

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

— Derek Luke

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.

— Obie Trice

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

— Aloe Blacc

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring. Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun. Now…

— Bobby Helms

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

— LeCrae

I played a little bit of everything. I got Ace of Bass, hip-hop songs, and dance hall [music].

— Theophilus London

House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good…

— Chris Lowe

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

— Angel Haze

I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I…

— Dan Chaon

I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.

— A-Trak

I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. Miami is special for that. It's a city…

— Pitbull

The emergence of the independent hip-hop scene has replaced what we called the "underground scene". It's what the underground scene has evolved…

— El-P

When I was a kid, I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out…

— Alicia Keys

Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by…

— Bakari Kitwana

So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with…

— Talib Kweli

I always say, 'Man, the Creator is preparing me for something. He's keeping the sun on me for some reason. He's keeping…

— Doug E. Fresh

You can't control who likes you. If I got Backstreet Boy fans what am I supposed to do? Turn them away? Whoever…

— Eminem

I have read countless comics books while listening to hip hop, and as a young one, I wasted countless hours practicing nunchuks…

— Axel Alonso

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people…

— KRS-One

Well, we have to realize the truth about the person who is a hip-hop insider. Most of these people are not really…

— MC Hammer

A lot of artists are scared to do that, they are scared to step out on their own. What am I the…

— Shane Bunting

Parasites are not only incredibly diverse; they are also incredibly successful. There are parasitic stretches of DNA in your own genes, some…

— Carl Zimmer

If you're a real hip-hop fan and a real street music fan, and you just love good music, you're gonna play it…

— Nipsey Hussle

Hip-hop was a big part of my life growing up, especially West Coast gangster rap. The reason I was able to listen…

— Moshe Kasher

The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music,…

— Angelique Kidjo

I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so…

— Russell Simmons