Hip Quotes

797 Hip quotes by 503 unique authors

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. — John Lennon
House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all. — Chris Lowe
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle. — Norman Mailer
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an… — Wynton Marsalis
Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture. — Method Man
I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater. — Tatiana Maslany
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business. — John Mellencamp
I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just… — Dennis Miller
My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find… — Mike Mills
My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money, the biggest hip-hop… — Nicki Minaj
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk rock, jazz, hip-hop… — Unknown Author
Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York. — Unknown Author
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight. — Unknown Author
Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand. — Unknown Author
I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it. — Unknown Author
Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that… — Unknown Author
I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're… — Unknown Author
The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable. — Barack Obama
And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a… — Gary Oldman
I practice yoga at home to a TV show called 'Inhale,' taught by Steve Ross. I figured that if the people on the show could… — Danica Patrick
Dancehall is just like hip-hop in that it doesn't always talk about bling; it talks about conscious issues. — Sean Paul
I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn… — Katy Perry
I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there... And touring is a lot… — Steve Perry
My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll… — Unknown Author
I prance around and dance by myself to hip-hop songs in the mirror. — Liz Phair

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