Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adam Rich

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.

Abel Ferrara

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

Abbie Cornish

I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.

Action Bronson

As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.

Action Bronson

My new shorty got a gymnastic back, '87 emerald green on a classic Jag. She had the cleft palate, I ordered chef's salad; She had the club foot, with that little arm, I couldn't help but laugh...she ordered Chicken Parm.

Action Bronson

Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course, Porsche with the triple exhaust, Seats soft like a midget's cough...

Action Bronson

I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin it.

Action Bronson

Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.

Anna Akana

One thing that I really like to do is, I'll look in the mirror, and I'll imagine that I'm rapidly aging, until I'm just a skull.

Cornel West

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

Common

I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win...

Common

I am to hip-hop what Obama is to politics

Common

Burn a Bush cause for peace he no push no button. Killing over oil and grease, no weapons of destruction, How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?

Common

I wonder if these wack niggas realize they wack, And they the reason that my people say they tired of rap.

Common

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums

Conan O'Brien

People in China criticized President Obama for chewing gum while entering the economic summit in Beijing. They're saying he looked like a rapper. Then again, to be fair, in China I look like a rapper.

Courtney Love

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism.

Adi Godrej

When you are growing at a rapid rate, there is bound to be some inflation. I think a 5% rate of inflation is something that we should take in our stride.

Mekhi Phifer

When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff.

We are working rapidly ... to remedy the situation.

F. Lee Bailey

In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.

Danny Brown

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.

Danny Brown

I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent.

I'm not interested in overexpanding rapidly for expansion's sake.

Bjork

Icelandic peoples were the ones who memorized sagas... We were the first rappers of Europe.

We have some strong reservations about doing it as rapidly as it's being proposed.

Beck

In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun of myself, since I'm not technically a rapper, whatever that means.

Dan Auerbach

You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.

Andy Milonakis

I'm a huge fan of Big L. He is my favorite rapper.

Andy Milonakis

I've been a hip hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go.

Andy Milonakis

I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative.

Conrad Burns

I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.

Conor Oberst

I think that hip-hop is more of an individual effort. That means you're an artist from the streets, they expect you to rap about the streets, because that's what happens there.