American music Quote by Dan Auerbach

I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as…

— Quincy Jones

When I was growing up, hip-hop music existed as American thing. If you listened to it you were listening to an American subculture, whereas…

— Jonas Carpignano

Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place…

— Talib Kweli

I feel like hip-hop is the new pop because it has a lot of influence because of our culture.

— Offset

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

I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music…

— Win Butler

Hip hop is the way it is because of America.

— Dizzee Rascal

I think hip-hop has changed. When I first came out, hip-hop was more of a kind of way to learn about new places, new…

— Ice Cube

Hip Hop was supposed to be this new thing that had no boundaries and was so different to everyday music. As long as it…

— Tupac Shakur

Hip Hop is the rebirth of civilization. For people who were disconnected from their continent, from their language, from their culture, and from their…

— Jamaal Bowman

All music now is influenced by Hip Hop. It's so deeply ingrained in the culture.

— Aeriel Miranda

I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.

— Angel Haze