Darius Rucker Quotes

One of the things that I'm dying to do is to sing the hook on a big rap song. No one's ever called me to do that.

Darius Rucker Hootie & the Blowfish

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Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad.

Wayne Coyne
- Bad
- Song
- Beginning
There was a film called 'FM,' and we were asked to do the title song. And I said, 'Does it have to have any specific words?' And they said, 'No, it just has to be about FM radio.' It took a day or two to write.

Walter Becker Steely Dan
- Song
- Words
- Day
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
- Up
- Good
- Trying
When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.

Madi Diaz
- Song
- Hand
- Teacher
You can't try and make something you think someone else will like. You can only make what you like. How can you make a song that Yo-Landi Visser likes? You don't know me. You'll never understand me.

Yolandi Visser
- Think
- Song
- Know
When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

Walter Becker China Crisis
- Song
- Spirit
- Cooperation