--- title: "1 Street Poets Quotes By Gza" description: "1 Street Poets quotes by Gza. Plus more from Gza and more Street Poets sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/gza-3767_always_hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-g_94171.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) ## 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. 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