--- title: "17 Rapper Quotes By Gza" description: "17 Rapper quotes by Gza. Plus more from Gza and more Rapper sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/gza-3767_lines_rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-qu_1372985.png" --- > [Rappers should sit down and construct quality lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-quality-lines/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/gza-3767_lines_rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-qu_1372985.png) > [I've studied rap in every borough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-ve-studied-rap-in-every-borough/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/gza-3767_every_i-ve-studied-rap-in-every-borough-295538_2955387.png) > [Oh, hip hop is always changing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png) > [Rap has always had a braggadocios flavour to it. That goes all the way back to 'Rapper's Delight.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/rap-has-always-had-a-braggadocios-flavour-to-it-that-goes-all-the-way/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/gza-3767_always_rap-has-always-had-a-braggadocios-flavou_629377.png) > [I like me some of Wayne stuff. I think he's the one exception as far as the auto-tune thing goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-like-me-some-of-wayne-stuff-i-think-he-s-the-one-exception-as-far/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/gza-3767_auto-tune_i-like-me-some-of-wayne-stuff-i-think-he_2670102.png) > [Wu-Tang has only done, like, three rehearsals throughout our whole career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/wu-tang-has-only-done-like-three-rehearsals-throughout-our-whole/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/gza-3767_career_wu-tang-has-only-done-like-three-rehears_2994595.png) > [Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-to-scientific-and-universal-enlightenment/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/gza-3767_buddhism_hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-to-scientific-and_1833579.png) > [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.png) > [If you hear people talking about the Golden Era of rap, they're usually talking about the early Wu Tang Clan era and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/if-you-hear-people-talking-about-the-golden-era-of-rap-they-re/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/gza-3767_early_if-you-hear-people-talking-about-the-gol_1353676.png) > [When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-i-was-growing-up-to-be-an-emcee-meant-to-write-the-most-clever/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/gza-3767_clever_when-i-was-growing-up-to-be-an-emcee-mea_2891942.png) > [When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-we-did-back-in-the-game-on-the-wu-tang-iron-flag-album-i-did-a/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/gza-3767_back_when-we-did-back-in-the-game-on-the-wu-t_1109602.png) > [I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-knock-material-rappers-but-let-me-hear-it-in-a-different-way/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/gza-3767_car_i-don-t-knock-material-rappers-but-let-m_510917.png) > [Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening-to-soul-songs-from-the-70s-i/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/gza-3767_good_before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening_543656.png) > [Rap - it's a childhood passion. Writing rhymes, it's something that I was doing before rap records even existed. And I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/rap-it-s-a-childhood-passion-writing-rhymes-it-s-something-that-i-was/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/gza-3767_childhood_rap-it-s-a-childhood-passion-writing-rhy_2517868.png) > [Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-for-scientific-enlightenment-it-wasn-t-until-my/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/gza-3767_buddhism_hip-hop-is-my-vehicle-for-scientific-enl_3172207.png) > [It's never really quiet in the Wu-Tang tour bus unless it's a certain time of day. Sometimes it's quiet, but you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/it-s-never-really-quiet-in-the-wu-tang-tour-bus-unless-it-s-a-certain/) GZA [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/gza-3767_bus_it-s-never-really-quiet-in-the-wu-tang-t_2236711.png) > [Education is the tool. Even if we haven't directly instructed a session, I think Wu-Tang has been an instructor of education to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/education-is-the-tool-even-if-we-haven-t-directly-instructed-a/) Gza [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/gza-3767_buying_education-is-the-tool-even-if-we-haven-t_2284118.jpg) ## Other authors on Rapper - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-tupac-shakur-92439.jpg) Tupac Shakur 121 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/tupac-shakur/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-drake-30664.jpg) Drake 121 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/drake/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-krs-one-2404.jpg) KRS-One 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/krs-one/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lecrae-59233.jpg) LeCrae 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/lecrae/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kanye-west-55012.jpg) Kanye West 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/kanye-west/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nas-70236.jpg) Nas 49 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/nas/) - [Jay-Z 45 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/jay-z/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rakim-77017.jpg) Rakim 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/rakim/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-talib-kweli-88734.jpg) Talib Kweli 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/talib-kweli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ice-t-43042.jpg) Ice T 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/ice-t/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-big-daddy-kane-17774.jpg) Big Daddy Kane 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/big-daddy-kane/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eminem-33140.jpg) Eminem 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/eminem/) ## More by Gza > [I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-eat-meat-chicken-fish-none-of-that-i-eat-a-lot-of-vegetable/) Gza > [I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-had-a-few-djs-in-my-neighbourhood-that-would-play-music-in-the/) Gza > [I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-for-myself-as-an-artist-the-progression-is-a-lyrical/) Gza > [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/) Gza > [As far as being a vegetarian, it's a moral thing, a health thing, a conscious thing - a combination of all. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/as-far-as-being-a-vegetarian-it-s-a-moral-thing-a-health-thing-a/) Gza > [When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-the-black-lips-sent-a-track-over-to-me-i-thought-it-sounded-like/) Gza > [I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-m-just-really-really-laid-back-slash-lazy-last-minute-with/) Gza > [I think every being in the universe is connected somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-every-being-in-the-universe-is-connected-somehow/) Gza > [I get inspired by many different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-get-inspired-by-many-different-things/) Gza > [I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-knock-material-rappers-but-let-me-hear-it-in-a-different-way/) Gza > [I throw raps that attacks like the Japs at Pearl Harbor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-throw-raps-that-attacks-like-the-japs-at-pearl-harbor/) GZA > [Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/moog-has-been-incorporated-in-a-lot-of-our-music-i-know-rza-has/) Gza > [I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-just-have-certain-interests-in-different-things-and-they-inspire-me/) Gza > [It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/it-s-always-been-about-shelf-life-long-term-parking-not-short-term/) Gza > [Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening-to-soul-songs-from-the-70s-i/) Gza ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rapper/gza/#itemlist", "name": "17 Rapper Quotes By Gza", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rappers should sit down and construct quality lines.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-quality-lines/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/gza-3767_lines_rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-qu_1372985.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/gza-3767_lines_rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-qu_1372985.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/gza-3767_lines_rappers-should-sit-down-and-construct-qu_1372985.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rappers should sit down and construct quality lines.” — Gza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've studied rap in every borough.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-ve-studied-rap-in-every-borough/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/gza-3767_every_i-ve-studied-rap-in-every-borough-295538_2955387.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/gza-3767_every_i-ve-studied-rap-in-every-borough-295538_2955387.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/gza-3767_every_i-ve-studied-rap-in-every-borough-295538_2955387.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've studied rap in every borough.” — Gza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh, hip hop is always changing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/357/gza-3767_always_oh-hip-hop-is-always-changing-2026286_2026286.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, hip hop is always changing.” — Gza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rap has always had a braggadocios flavour to it. 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