Found Quote by Mayer Hawthorne

When I was young, I originally wanted to be a radio on-air personality. Once I realized I may not be fit for that -…

— Karen Civil

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 was just a kid in love with hip hop music. I love music. I love the culture. I wanted to be a part…

— Troy Carter

I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket money into…

— Simon de Pury

I've been writing songs and making music since I was probably ten years old...so my inspirations back then, I don't know - I guess…

— Hoodie Allen

I was kind of influenced by the hip-hop culture.

— Ichiro Suzuki

I was a rapper. Like every black kid I was attracted to rapping. I wanted to be like L.L. Cool J and those guys.…

— Al B. Sure

I have been making hip-hop since I was a kid growing up in New York in the '80s and '90s. It's always been a…

— Dash Mihok

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.

— Lupe Fiasco

Before anything, I wanted to be a rapper. I used to make beats and I would start singing to layer my beats and that's…

— Brent Faiyaz

Playing in my early bands, working as a studio musician, producing and going to art school was, in retrospect, my apprenticeship. I was learning…

— Jimmy Page

I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always…

— Timothy B. Schmit