Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Quotes
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I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
Action Bronson -
Outside of hip-hop, it was in comics that I most often found the aesthetics and wisdom of my world reflected.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome.
Octavia Spencer -
Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.
Flavor Flav -
I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready.
Zoey Deutch -
The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.
Keinan Abdi Warsame
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When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.
Ice T -
I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!
Taylor Swift -
I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just find the medium that's best for this idea and master it and do that.'
Tavi Gevinson -
I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.
Harmony Korine -
Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.
Vanilla Ice -
If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment.
Gary Snyder
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It's funny: I don't listen to too much rap. I don't listen to too much older hip-hop. If I do, it's Ja Rule.
Kehlani -
Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap.
Kelly Corrigan -
I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.
Christina Ricci -
Rap is hardcore street music but there are women out there who can hang with the best male rappers. What holds us back is that girls tend to rap in these high, squeaky voices. It's irritating. You've gotta rap from the diaphragm.
Cheryl James -
I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.
Drake -
I feel like I've started to create my own culture of being a voice for something, and that's what people want to know about. I love that because I am a woman and because I a rap, and I look the way I look, I can connect with the demographic of people who feel like they have a voice in me.
Lizzo
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The process of praying isn't about letting God know what you need, it's about letting you know more completely how much you need God and how vital having a relationship with Him is.
Karen Barber -
I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
Larry Hagman -
I think a lot of people go in TV talent shows because they want to be famous and not because it's about the music.
Susan Ann Sulley The Human League -
I don't miss television. It's too much hurry up and sit around, wait till they do this and do that, and get the lighting just right. I'd much rather go out on a stage anywhere and just play and sing for an hour.
Glen Campbell -
You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.
Jennifer Armentrout -
Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.
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