His Quote by Tones and I

I had it just Lil Nas at first because every rapper has a 'lil' in front of his name, and that's funny to me.…

— Lil Nas X

To be honest, Nas was my favorite artist growing up. The way he told stories, I could close my eyes and imagine something while…

— Nav

Gunna ain't never wrote no song for me. He just showed me how to rap.

— Lil Baby

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

— Tom Waits

Nas was a huge influence. That's probably my favorite rapper of all time.

— Cordae

It was actually working with Kendrick Lamar that pushed me further into the act of songwriting, specifically.

— Thundercat

I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.

— Jeff Ament

A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come…

— Nicki Minaj

I'm not going to do a song just because it's with Drake.

— Jorja Smith

I didn't want to do music. I was very doubtful. I was like, 'Oh my God. No one wants to hear a teen mom…

— Rico Nasty

I really don't try to force the creative process. I'm really jealous of those other rappers who just hear a beat and write a…

— Alexander Spit

The music video, Lil Nas X, he asked me to be in the 'Panini' music video. It was crazy. I was just listening to…

— Skai Jackson