Band Quote by Adam Rich

In the long-run I think we lost some of our audience because of noise. I don't think people were ready for it, OK? And…

— Charlie Benante

They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that way. And…

— Ice Cube

We loved that form of music. We're all huge rap fans, so we just incorporated it.

— Charlie Benante

We're not into the rock/rap movement.

— Shavo Odadjian

We didn't want to change who we are. We're not going to sit there and go, 'Let's be a rap band now.'

— Charlotte Caffey

I didn't really know what to expect, but I thought there aren't a lot of rap groups that can say they have a documentary…

— Phife Dawg

We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

— Kanye West

We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making…

— Nate Ruess

People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were great, so…

— Aesop Rock

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and…

— Saul Williams

We just play whatever we're into. For a while there, we weren't listening to too much rap stuff, 'cause there wasn't anything interesting.

— Adam Yauch

People in rock had this idea that rappers aren't talented. In my opinion we're better writers, we think deeper, and our concepts are harder…

— JPEGMAFIA