Quotes of: Rap-music Keyword

When I got into high school and I was rapping, it was the attention I was loving. It was so hype.

Eve

I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.

Common

When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

Ice T

You have to come in on a professional level to make it, otherwise you just can't get into rap.

Ice T

We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.

Ice T

I loved rap, especially in the early days. But I wasn't trying to shove it down anybody's throats.

Dee Dee Ramone

When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.

Becky G

I was rapping as a hobby. It was something I did for my friends and just played around on ideas and stuff like that.

Brandy Norwood

Hip-hop was my first audience - I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.

Derek Luke

I've probably wanted to be a rapper since I was a teenager. I was an actor and comedian and stuff, but I always wanted to rap, it was another outlet.

Jamie Kennedy

I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.

Zubin Mehta

I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.

Yoko Ono

You could name practically any problem in the hood and there'd be a rap song for you.

Decoded

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.

Rick James

I’ve been working on something that merges rap with classical…. I call it Baby’s Got Bach.

The Last Titan

I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character.

Nicki Minaj

I like producing beats, and I like rapping, too. I have a program for the PC, and I can hook my keyboard to it.

Jamie Waylett

My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Kendrick Lamar

What I don't do is try to like become whoever I'm rapping with. The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL.

LL Cool J

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording.

Macklemore

The expression 'livin' large' is taken from the rap vernacular, inspired by Donald Trump, who made the big dollars and flaunted them.

Michael Schultz