Art Quote by Roy Ayers Download Open image “A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.” — Roy Ayers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Artists Don Hip hop Hip hop artist Hips Hop Artists Hops Music Music Write Rapper Write Music Write Words Writing
You always hear rappers say they don't write, but they're not really talking about anything. — Dave East Copy Share Image
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I would just like to see hip-hop journalism in general take a step up and match the artistry. There have been great writers in… — Brother Ali Copy Share Image
There's a lot of artists out there who are pretty big but don't write their songs, they just have a lifestyle brand. These are… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
Most musicians don't write about being a musician cause most musicians aren't writers. — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
People in rock had this idea that rappers aren't talented. In my opinion we're better writers, we think deeper, and our concepts are harder… — JPEGMAFIA Copy Share Image
Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music. — Terri Clark Copy Share Image
Throughout hip-hop people have been putting different elements with different types of music. — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished. — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm really so unique. If every black person looked at their life they would quickly discover that they have been influenced… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert. — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I was with PolyGram; that was the big label that I was with for the longest, like 12 years. — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
The true beauty of music is that it connects peopl. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers. — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I generally sell my records online or at the show. You can undersell the distributor and the stores, and people know what they're getting… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
You grow and learn a lot about the industry and what happens behind closed doors over the years. — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers. — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
