Rap Quotes - page 8

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J. (Ja Rule)
I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world. View quote
Ja Rule
When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and there's music.' View quote
Jack Jones
Nobody wants to hear me rap. View quote
Joe Mauer
I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it. View quote
John Legend
If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity. View quote
Jackson Katz
I think stuff on the radio is mostly good, but it's just not what I'm into. I'm not into rap metal. View quote
Jon Crosby
I was lucky enough to see the original cast of 'In the Heights.' This one blew my mind. The infusion of Latin, hip hop and rap with musical theatre, great storytelling and talent was a powerful combination to me during a time when I'd not been moved by much! View quote
Josh Young
I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere. View quote
Kenny G
Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it. View quote
Kesha
I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful. (Kesha)
Every time I rap about being a big girl in a small world, it's doing a couple things: it's empowering my self-awareness, my body image, and it's also making the statement that we are all bigger than this; we're a part of something bigger than this, and we should live in each moment knowing that. View quote
Lizzo
I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want. View quote
Langhorne Slim
I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it. View quote
Luke Bryan
Rap now is multi-generational, which has its own issues. My son is a big Cudi fan, but he does not like talking to me about Kid Cudi. View quote
Lyor Cohen
I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had. View quote
Laura Benanti
I always thought I'd look corny in the type of rap video in the club with girls and all that type of stuff. I just didn't think I could really pull that off. We always think it's more fun and better just to go outside the box and to use our videos to show cool concepts. View quote
Mac Miller
Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular. View quote
Macklemore
I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have more of a knack for it than others do, but almost all of it falls to, 'My mother's suffocating me.' Whatever. View quote
Annie Potts
I don't like putting a name on my music. It's not just country and rap; it's got Southern rock, classic rock. View quote
Big Smo
What music I listen to day to day changes very, very much. I can go from bluegrass to heavy metal, to blues, to classical and big band and then go to pop and rap. (Casey James)
When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music. View quote
Irwin Thomas
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. View quote
Jamie Kennedy
I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else. View quote
Max Greenfield
I really love rap music. I grew up in the '80s and '90s with Public Enemy, N.W.A., LL Cool J - I'm a hip-hop encyclopedia. But I got kind of frustrated with the chauvinistic side of rap music, the one that makes it hard to write songs about love and relationships. View quote
Mayer Hawthorne