Quotes About Lyrics

I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.

I'm a fan of hip-hop. I'm a fan of rap, so anything new that's happening, I'm hip to it.

I listen to rap a lot. I love Nas, Damien Marley, and Lauryn Hill.

Even though 'Turn Down For What' is considered an EDM song, it's really a rap song.

Look at Pusha-T. He makes a certain type of rap music. 'Daytona' is that on the highest level.

I've always been a fan of rap music.

No, I can't do rap music!

I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.

I love rap music.

Listening to all these different musical genres from all over the world and listening to my father's record collection, the Irish folk influences from home. Of course they're all in there somewhere hiding within the lyrics and melodies. But rap music was the biggest influence on my way of writing and my performing.

When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.

I can't listen to rap music; it's not my thing. They say that they're the modern poets: of course they are, but it's not for me.

Serious rap music puts me to sleep.

When I first started, I thought I was wack. Lyrically, I thought I was wack. The thing I had over everybody was that I was the realest rapper.

When you're looking for good lyrics, you turn to Kendrick Lamar, you turn to J Cole, you turn to Wale, you turn to Chance the Rapper, you turn to Rapsody. You don't turn to Post Malone.

I wrote a song that basically turned into a public service announcement for the fellas out there, like, 'Should you run into this type of woman, run for your life!' So the name of the song is 'Run,' featuring the rapper ScHoolboy Q. It's one of the standouts on the album, in my personal opinion.

I love Pink and Nelly Furtado - the honesty and truth in their lyrics. I also love Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper.

I love rap, and I try to write a bit like a rapper, to have a flow.

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

I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.

I would love to collaborate with Chance the Rapper. I love his lyrics and his sound and everything.

My favorite rapper of all time is Jadakiss - hands down, no question.

I'm not a mumble rapper.

A good rapper is an amazing thing to me. It's like a 17th-, 18th-century poet.