Art Quote by Pharoahe Monch

Hip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I would love the record industry to be more receptive to my music but all they are interested in is style over content.

— Leo Sayer

You would be surprised how many people that are very passionate about classical music are deeply involved in Hip Hop. You would think Jazz…

— Thomas Hampson

I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you take what…

— Billy Squier

I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out…

— Jimmy Page

If you can make the best music ever but it requires bringing in a few different perspectives, I'd rather make the best music ever.

— Frank Dukes

Audiences tend to dig the earlier stuff by any given musician, and the artists themselves always tend to prefer the thing that they're doing…

— Bradford Cox

If I weren't making music, I'd be the kid who writes into the magazines and says, "why don't you guys ever cover anything that's…

— Mike Shinoda

People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people always find…

— Courtney Barnett

You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.

— Alan Palomo

I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which is that…

— Amanda Palmer

Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to…

— Mary J. Blige