Hip hop Quote by David Byrne Download Open image “There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.” — David Byrne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Hip hop Hips Hops People Plenty Racist Thinking
Anyone who doesn't think that hip-hop is an intellectual genre, I think that assumption is rooted in racism. — Doechii Copy Share Image
Hip-Hop is diverse. But the white, capitalist producers and distributors of Hip-Hop are most interested in the Hip-Hip that is misogynist, that is Black-hating,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community — Saul Williams Copy Share
You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and… — Afrika Bambaataa Copy Share Image
You have your purists and you have people who want to go outside of what they think hip hop is. You've got to have… — B-Real 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
It's a slippery slope when you make the argument that hip hop is only a black person's art. Certainly, its origins are in that… — Dave Itzkoff Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what race you are. It doesn't matter what religion you are. I always tell people: If you want to be a… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
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
I think hip hop allows us to talk about everything, and Africa is what I choose to talk about now. If people are not talking about Africa, that's them, that's cool, there's nothing wrong with that. But this is who I am, this is what I have to say, this is what I have to offer. — Nas Copy Share
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable.… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“All that interconnectedness that facilitated much of the explosion of megawealth over the last decade also facilitated the interpenetration of everything, so no one… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“I pick up a copy of Newsweek on the plane and immediately notice how biased, slanted, and opinionated all the U.S. newsmagazine articles are.… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
When you fall in love, you feel like a missing piece of a puzzle that's been found. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction? — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty check for… — Roxanne Shante Copy Share Image
Couples Therapy' is pretty big for me because it's opening the door to a new audience - a hip-hop following, which I feel is… — Carmen Carrera Copy Share Image
Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express yourself, the… — El-P Copy Share Image
