Ideas Quote by Don Cheadle

I used to record songs, like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that…

— A Boogie wit da Hoodie

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to…

— Agnes Obel

I started a recording studio. I started producing people and doing remixes.

— James Iha

I guess I did go through my phase where I wanted to be a rapper. I made music, but I was never really good…

— Tyrann Mathieu

I'm not just a rapper. I like to produce music.

— Hopsin

I tried to be a rapper. I tried to make beats before I got into comedy, and that's still one of my hobbies.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I spent two years making music in San Francisco for my first mixtape. Initially, I was not at all doing this to be a…

— Lil Dicky

I had already been making music for my whole high school life, and '10 Day,' which took me a whole year to finish, was…

— Chance The Rapper

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was…

— Jon Secada

I approached my career like a rapper. I would go to every open mic, every studio session, bringing my beats. I would almost do…

— Zaytoven

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like…

— Queen Latifah

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record…

— Norah Jones