Genre Quote by Chuck D Download Open image “It's not about what you get out but what you put into hip hop as a genre.” — Chuck D ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Genre Hip hop Hips Hops
And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a way of life. It isn't a genre in truth in 'American Idol.' — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
Throughout hip-hop people have been putting different elements with different types of music. — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
To its credit, hip-hop is my favorite genre, to this day, and it's hard not to be influenced by the culture and by the… — Miguel Copy Share Image
Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea of beautiful, being yourself and creating music that represents you and what you like. — Rapsody Copy Share
Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life. — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and adds more… — Andy Mineo Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop is they always want to classify you as one particular artist, but hip-hop is about going outside the box and… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents. — B.J. The Chicago Kid Copy Share Image
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military.… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I wanna go to the clubs and actually have a good time too, but at the same time, when the party's over, I have… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
He [ the son]'s grown up listening to all types of music, and the natural form of rebellion is to find the one genre… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I've just always loved really good projects. The things that draw me into a new project have very little to do with genre and… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Trombone virtuoso and innovative composer, Papo combines the best of jazz and Latin music to create a genre that is unique and wild. He's… — Michael Brecker Copy Share Image
Gothic in its purest sense is actually a very powerful, twisted genre, but the way it was being used by by journalists - 'goff'… — Siouxsie Sioux Copy Share Image
The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes. — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I knew what kind of genre 'Casa de mi Padre' was going for. But my character, specifically, I think is very real. — Genesis Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image