Hip Quotes

I never let the worst things in life get the best of me. So take these testes and, ummm...open sesame.

You're insecure and need a blanket like Linus.

I don't feel pain cause it's all in the mind, And what's mines is mines and yours is mine!

Two wrongs don't make it right, but it damn sure makes us even.

There's so many wack rappers out here, I don't know where to aim at.

As I turned around to receive my injection, I said, 'Next time I'll use some protection.' If I see another girl and I get an erection... I'm walking in the other direction!

I don't only like rap music. There's everything from R&B to crazy gangster rap, hip hop... everything! But it all blends together nicely. It's like a magical music rainbow.

I think that I have a pretty varied taste in music I think. And it is primarily rock music big umbrella that I am, I am not into hip-hop. But, I do like both.

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

Whether or not I can get an interview from hip-hop media, that's not going to effect whether or not I can go on tour in Asia and Europe and see all of these different places and experiences.

I'm the lyrical vendor, hip-hop is my shop

I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.

Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.

I'm cold gettin' paid cause Rick said so.

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing.

Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits.

I'm the leader of the show, keepin' you on the go, but I know I can't live without my radio.

There's top 40 R&B/hip-hop, which is probably sexy but you wouldn't listen to it for a musical awakening.

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.

I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.

What's wrong with hip-hop [is that] it became so one-dimensional; it became like a businessman thing. It's run out of creativity. It went so far off about making money that now everyone can do it.

That's right I never hold my tongue for saving face Even the mic feedback will humm "Amazing Grace"

When I was a kid, hip-hop had that effect on me, it was escape and it showed me a different way of life.

I love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid.

I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop music.

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.

I had a really good time on the show [Sisterhood of Hip Hop]. Most of all, what I've learned is I need to share what it is that I know.

You're living up in Heaven, but I know you're mad as Hell.

We went from candy bars, to handle bars, to hangin' in bars, to being behind bars

Trapped on a planet of pain and perpetrators That you call 'Earth,' but I call 'Hell's Equator.'

Hip hop is kinda funny because the further you get into it the more at risk you are.

Hip Hop has its ups and downs but I'm gonna do my best to not necessarily bring that back but just remind people what they are forgetting about.

Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent.

..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as he encourages them not to look at hip-hop as their salvation.

I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of my favorite.

Being No. 1. It's talked about all of the time in hip-hop. 'I'm still No. 1! I'm the best! I'm the greatest of all time!' It's the same mentality in sports.

Underground hip-hop is, like, one of my foundations, I would say a cornerstone of my foundation of my musical tastes.

My first hip-hop performance was at Carnegie Hall with Wyclef, ... I got a little feature and he announced me as the 'hip-hop violinist.' The next night I played at the Apollo.

Ballet was exactly what I was searching for, but my environment definitely made me the dancer and the person that I am today. And the Hip-Hop culture was a big part of it.

I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.

Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?

To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.

Hip-Hop is Dead cause America is dead culturally.

In hip hop no one cares. No one stands up for it and it's a mess. We need order so we can all follow the tradition of where we came from. We need to keep referring to the pioneers.

There's always going to be space for battle in hip hop. For competition. It's just an inseparable part of the game.

I definitely feel excited to be able to put really hard beats - like hip-hop beats - behind my music, more than I did before.

Really, really obscene hip-hop. I love it so much. It makes me laugh and then it makes me want to dance.

I'm a hip-hop head, I grew up with it. So I've always loved the music.

Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.