Rap Quotes · Page 31

Rap, for me, I go at any tempo and any sound of beat and incorporate melody as well.

— Santan Dave

Once I get to a certain level, I don't want to rap all my life.

— Mase

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.

— Ezra Koenig

Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans.

— Ice Cube

God works in different ways and it shows... And everybody knows, love comes and goes.

— Ed O.G

I don't like rap that doesn't have a story behind it.

— Freddie Gibbs

I once lost a bill betting on the Red Sox, ...But that's another topic.

— Diamond D

Shakespeare's gone, don't even think about it.

— Kool Keith

As a rapper, I was heavily influenced by American rap albums. But for songs that are more melody-driven, I get my inspiration…

— G-Dragon

Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American…

— Archie Shepp

If the truth is told, the youth can grow Then learn to survive until they gain control Nobody says you have to…

— Nas

I leave scientists mentally scarred, Triple Extra Large, Wild like rock stars who smash guitars...

— Inspectah Deck

I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the…

— Nas

A day to God is a thousand years, Men walk around with a thousand fears. The true joy of love brings a…

— RZA

You keeping it real, but aint got a clue what reality really is; See, the diameter of your knowledge is the circumference…

— MO'zee

I feel like when I reach my 500-million-dollar goal, then no other woman in rap will ever feel like they can't do…

— Nicki Minaj

Some people are saying Bill O'Reilly exaggerated his war experience in the 1980s. People became suspicious because O'Reilly said he was injured…

— Conan O'Brien

Some believe in Jesus some believe in Allah But niggaz like me believe in in making dollars 'Cause even when your niggaz…

— Dj Quik

I always felt really alone because no one wanted to talk about the things that I enjoyed, and that was really rap…

— Iggy Azalea

One thing that I like to do is use words that have never actually been used in a rap song before. I…

— Kanye West

Mindless violence, well let me try to paint it. Here's the 5 steps in hopes to explain it: 1, It's me and…

— K'naan

Comedy is the only form of entertainment where the audience doesn't know what to expect. In an evening, you might get ten…

— Jon Stewart

Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em. I ain't got none, but I'm planning on growing some. Imagine all the Hebrews…

— E-40

I got this black chick, she don't know how to act Always talkin' out her neck, makin' her fingers snap She like,…

— Jay-Z

You might remember me from Eminem's rap lyrics.

— Tom Green

I ain't never did no sports. I just always wanted to rap.

— Takeoff

Cough up a lung where I'm from marcy son, aint nothin nice

— Jay-Z

It's a new year, new year, new money, money!

— Rick Ross

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums

— Common

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

— Ajay Naidu

It's hard bein' real in a world that's a fallacy.

— Meyhem Lauren

I'm definitely tired of playing 'Acid Rap.' I'm definitely tired of playing 'Juice.'

— Chance The Rapper

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

— Mos Def

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

— David Lee Roth

Rap is no longer a pastime; this is a worldwide profession.

— KRS-One

Rap got me out of the hood. Rap got me out of Houston and helped me to see the world.

— Chamillionaire

Murder isn't a crime when you just killing time.

— Amir Mohamed

I wish I could end every rap song I didn't like with a buzzer.

— Drew Carey

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

— Moira Kelly

The first rap record came out in '79, but hip-hop began in '69.

— Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five