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I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

— PJ Harvey

I think you want to write a song that's like the songs you are into.

— Craig Finn

Anybody got an idea on what I can write a rap song on, I'm out of ideas

— Jon Hawes

I often say that I want to write like Tupac rapped. I could listen to his album, and within a few minutes, I could…

— Angie Thomas

Naw, I don't write raps down. All my raps come off the top of the head.

— Yo Gotti

I write all my own raps myself, 100 percent. And it feels good to be able to say that.

— Chanel West Coast

I can't freestyle or else I'll just start saying anything, so I'll write the song first and then record. I'll rap to the producer…

— Tee Grizzley

I don't wanna be like everybody else, I don't wanna rap like everybody else.

— E-40

My style is a part of my music. You can't be an artist and not put any thought or effort into the way you…

— Future

The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to…

— Eminem

Writing rap songs is about flow, about one word blending seamlessly into the next and creating a thing that is possible to perform in…

— Daveed Diggs

I love rap lyrics, I love hearing people rap, I love molding a thought or idea into the shape that fits on a rap…

— Aesop Rock