Quotes by Hip Hop I know now it's a hashtag and people have various feelings about it, but really if you look at all black art, even in hip-hop, it's all about that I exist and these are my feelings and this is what I feel about the world. It's always been an undercurrent. Cheo Hodari Coker hip-hop people art As a kid growing up in a lower-class neighbourhood, where everyone around me was listening to hip hop, what was I doing listening to new wave, and why was that my favourite music? I don't know why, but it just spoke to me. Chino Moreno growing-up hip-hop kids There's so many gay rappers... Chino XL rap hip-hop gay I'm on a different plane like Hervé Villechaize Chino XL rap hip-hop different I show more blind rage than Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wrestling in a steel cage. Chino XL rap hip-hop wrestling I make chicks consider themselves widows whose husbands ain't even died yet. Chino XL rap hip-hop husband I love hip-hop videos. It was not meant as disrespect. I used to watch those videos and think, "Are these guys kidding? They've got to be kidding!" But they're not and that in itself is what makes them good. Chris Cunningham hip-hop guy thinking House music is about love, and lots of hip hop is about hate and intolerance, so in that respect, it's not good at all. Chris Lowe respect hip-hop hate I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my work, using images in a way that was a bit like sampling - taking images from diverse places, exploring the contradictions without trying to hide the seams. Chris Ofili hip-hop listening enemy From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has always been used as a way for generations to distinguish themselves. Christopher Moore dialect hip-hop way Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, Chuck D rap hip-hop fighting Cause I'm Black and I'm proud Chuck D hip-hop black hero It's weak to speak and blame somebody else Chuck D blame rap hip-hop I got a letter from the government the other day Chuck D rap hip-hop government These days you can't see who's in cahoots, Chuck D kkk rap hip-hop Comin' from the school of hard knocks, Chuck D rap hip-hop school All I want is peace and love on this planet. Chuck D rap hip-hop peace And when I say it, they get alarmed... Chuck D bombs rap hip-hop One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that hip hop is full of infantile 35-year-olds. Hip hop cannot afford to be lazy. Chuck D lazy hip-hop years Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party. Chuck D hip-hop party enemy «56789101112131415»