Family Quote by Killer Mike

The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly…

— Khalid

I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.

— Bebe Rexha

I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where I'm from.…

— Gus Dapperton

I think I just want to make and be part of great records, because of what it brings to other people, what it gives…

— Erol Alkan

I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era.

— Jan Berry

All I had was a CD with beats. I wrote to every beat on that CD, and when I got off punishment, I put…

— Dreezy

I have been blessed with some incredible compositions to record and perform and all of my songs have had the ability to grow as…

— Dionne Warwick

I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as…

— Kenny Chesney

I've changed and grown so much in this business from making the standard rap record.

— Trina

The godfather of rap, that is what I am known as, and the king of party records, the records I do.

— Rudy Ray Moore

My influences, going back through the history of rap, talk about Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe D, Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy.

— R-Truth

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it…

— Juliana Hatfield