Day Quote by Bushwick Bill

I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could…

— Angie Thomas

I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

— PJ Harvey

I write all my own raps myself, 100 percent. And it feels good to be able to say that.

— Chanel West Coast

I've written a couple raps in my day, in my own music career, that people don't know a lot about.

— Renee Elise Goldsberry

I love it when people write rapturously about music they love.

— Ezra Furman

You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can…

— Kathy Mattea

If you make modern rap music, how do you write without ripping off anyone else? It's just about having a distinct voice in your…

— Ludwig Goransson

I'll never run out of things to rap about. Sometimes you sit there and think, 'I can't do it, I can't do it.' Then…

— Dizzee Rascal

I'm not a writer just to be a writer. I want to say something that really needs expressing.

— Allison Pearson

Not to sound egotistic, but I've gotten kind of good at it. It's something that came naturally to me, but my rapping is rooted…

— Cakes da killa

Writing is a fine thing, because it combines the two pleasures of talking to yourself and talking to a crowd.

— Cesare Pavese

I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, "Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend…

— Andrew Bird