Quotes About Art

I'm a firm believer in the idea that once we make a thing and release it, my turn to talk is done. Ideally, you're saying everything you want to say in the product you're making, and you don't have to add commentary to it afterwards.

We should release films without revealing the director's name, as his or her gender would not be a barometer to watch those films.

It's criminal to make a film and not see it release.

There are quality films being made in all languages, whether in Hindi cinema, Bengali or the south. Bollywood doesn't represent Indian cinema, per say.

I don't differentiate between films and TV, particularly Hindi serials.

I love old Hindi songs, black and white films.

Hip-hop is not about crime. Hip-hop is not about being a gangster.

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.

I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.

I can't turn hip-hop off, just like I can't turn comic books off. It blends into everything for me.

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it.

I am hip-hop!

I love the hip-hop scene.

I just do hip-hop because I love to do it.

Without hip-hop, Da Brat wouldn't exist.

I love the hip-hop nation.

Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think it will make some kind of change.

I grew up a hip-hop kid doing mix-tapes.

I am learning how to dance hip-hop. I'm a good dancer when I dance salsa.

It feels different.... When hip-hop was beginning for me, people weren't making the kind of money that they make now. It was for the love of doing it and having fun with it.

I did ballet, jazz, and all that, but I think hip-hop is really where I learned rhythm and groove, which has helped me in music.

I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.