Hops Quotes - Page 6

• I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or hidden camera or parody. Kind of slap it in a movie with hip-hop artists and actors, comedians and girls. I just want to do something fun.

  Pauly Shore

  Girl, Fun, Artist

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.

  Conor Oberst

  Thinking, Rocks, Opposites

  "Desaparecidos' Conor Oberst: We're perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying". Interview with Jessica Goodman, ew.com. July 7, 2015.

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• Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.

  Conor Oberst

  Jobs, Thinking, People

  Source: www.ew.com

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• 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.

  Conor Oberst

  Rap, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.ew.com

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• Revolution ain't nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature. So when old folks tell me that they don't understand hip hop and the music is too loud, well I guess it means you're not supposed to be in there.

  Dick Gregory

  Mean, Hip Hop, Revolution

  "Thesource.Com Interview With Dick Gregory". Interview with Walford Guillaume, thesource.com. January 16, 2012.

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• Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

  Ariel Rechtshaid

  Hip Hop, Hips, Adventurous

  "Ariel Rechtshaid: the producer behind Vampire Weekend, Haim and Sky Ferreira" by Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2013.

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• I may be able to concentrate on a move, but it may not look exactly how I need it to look like, as far as in the ballroom world. Hip-hop is different; it is a lot more flowy with ballroom.

  Joey Fatone

  Moving, Hip Hop, Different

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Hip-hop has been hijacked by a Luciferian conspiracy. People have used hip-hop in a lot of ways that cause a lot of mind problems. They use the word wrongfully. They use it to mean a part instead of a whole.

  Afrika Bambaataa

  Mean, People, Hip Hop

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• Hip-hop artist, especially the older ones, are the ones who new hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.

  Nas

  Artist, Hip Hop, Want

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• I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.

  Alyson Stoner

  Ohio, Dancing, Hip Hop

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.

  Quincy Jones

  America, Long, Hip Hop

  "Q&A with Quincy Jones". Interview with Robert Hilburn, articles.latimes.com. April 18, 1997.

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• I just like to hop up on the dance floor and do my thing.

  Kyle Massey

  Dance Floor

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• Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.

  Russell Simmons

  Voice, People, Hip Hop

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

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• I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had to hide it. You had these guys selling 200 million records with dirty T-shirts on. I was like, 'Come on, man. Come on. We know you're successful.' Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

  Jay-Z

  Dirty, Successful, Men

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• I'm a hip-hop kind of guy, but to be honest with you, I could listen to R&B all day. Give me some slow jams, and I'm a happy person.

  Ryan Guzman

  Giving, Guy, Hip Hop

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Im a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in 96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, Who is this guy? Hes dope! First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, Eh. He started to get really successful. He wasnt mine anymore.

  Russell Peters

  Successful, Dope, Hip Hop

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• If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.

  Robert Glasper

  Hip Hop, Hips, Jazz

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• Whats the biggest commercial for aggression, sexuality and materialism? What gets pumped into these kids heads? Taking someone elses girl, which is so laissez-faire in hip-hop, will get you killed in the streets, but it doesnt seem to be an issue when you hear it on the radio.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Girl, Kids, Issues

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• Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.

  Big Sean

  Boys, Hip Hop, Eras

  "Big Sean Talks Def Jam Debut, Detroit Roots, and Working With Kanye & Pharrell". Interview with Modele "Modi" Oyewole, www.complex.com. April 17, 2010.

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• Jamaican music can be aggressive, soulful, smooth and exciting all at once - just like hip-hop. At the same time, there's nothing like Jamaica in the United States. Jamaica is its own thing.

  Nas

  Jamaica, Hip Hop, United States

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• Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.

  John Legend

  Hip Hop, Hips, Collaboration

  "John Legend: 'I thought it would be funny to take a photo in the White House bathroom'". Interview with Denise Cheong and Charlene Fang, travel.cnn.com. March 9, 2011.

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• I've always been interested in electronica, techno, trip-hop, that kind of music. The thing that bothered me about a lot of that music, though, was it seemed devoid of emotion. There wasn't a lot that felt personal.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Emotion, Kind, Techno

  "Madonna, Only More So". Interview with Robert Hilburn, articles.latimes.com. March 1, 1998.

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• I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.It evolves, your taste. It sometimes deepens, in terms of what's out; sometimes it's not as deep in terms of what's out. So it's definitely an evolution. I don't ever claim to be a hip-hop head.

  Solange Knowles

  Differences, Hip Hop, Taste

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think there's just certain lyrics and certain forms of hip-hop that definitely rang true, again, to a lot of people's truth, but you don't necessarily want to hear someone using that as a just kind of a in-the-moment, fun, careless expression.

  Solange Knowles

  Fun, Thinking, Expression

  "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. February 12, 2014.

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• I think every generation has that movement of hip-hop that you know you're playing it and you definitely have that moment of like, "Why am I saying this so enthusiastically? Why am I so stoked and psyched to say these lyrics?"

  Solange Knowles

  Thinking, Hip Hop, Generations

  "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley, www.wbur.org. February 12, 2014.

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