Timeless, so age don't count in the booth Rakim More Quotes by Rakim More Quotes From Rakim My whole thing is if it wasn't for people like ya'll and people like them I wouldn't be me. I love every minute of it. Rakim minuteswholepeople You gotta let the fans shine their glory the way they want. It's like I have a million bosses and my job is to make them happy. Rakim bossshiningjobs I love to see when people are real passionate about what they feel and what they say. Rakim passionaterealpeople Once I finish one album I know where to begin again. Rakim begin-againalbumsknows You grow, you mature, you live, and you learn. You get a little wiser, and you learn better ways to handle things. Rakim growbetteryoumature The golden age was when people were starting to understand what hip-hop was and how to use it. I was lucky to come up then. Everybody wanted to be original and have substance; it was somewhat conscious... There was an integrity that people respected. Rakim understandageintegritypeople You've really got to appreciate an artist that's really outspoken and feels like his music can change the world. Rakim youmusicchangeworld I don't believe in writer's block. I'll get stuck, but being stuck, I'll still write a verse. If you know where you're going, you can always start from there and work your way back. Rakim youworkbelieveway When you look at hip-hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build our kingdom; to recognize all the regional styles, conscious lyrics, the tracks, underground, mainstream, the way we treat each other. Lose the garbage and rebuild our scene. Rakim bestlookyoufire People think the older you get, the wacker you get. I think the older I get, the better I get. Rakim betterthinkyoupeople I try to make my flow sound like a John Coltrane solo. Rakim trylikeflowsound Music, life, a lot of the things that we go through in the world, a lot of questions that we have about the world inspires me. Rakim memusiclifeworld My thing was, I loved music. I played music: I played the saxophone. So the little bit of music knowhow I had, I tried to implement that in every thing I did, from my style, my cadence, the way I tried to pause and stagnate it; that all came from John Coltrane and listening to jazz albums. Trying to rhyme like a jazz player. Rakim lovedstylemusicway Without no disrespect to any artist, there's a lot of degrading music out there as far as degrading the culture and degrading society as well. That's individuals that choose to make that kind of music. Rakim musicsocietyartistculture Social media gives a lot of people a platform where they can express their feelings. I like to do mine through songs. I let info build up. In some way, it translates into paper whenever I sit down. Rakim downsocial-mediapeopleway When I broke up with Eric B., I went on a little hiatus. Then all I was trying do is find producers. It's real hard, man. Rakim findmanrealtrying We need a few more Kanyes, people that's really passionate about hip-hop and who keep it alive. Rakim hip-hopneedalivepeople The truth never wears out. Rakim wearsoutnevertruth I'm definitely one of them artists that loves putting the track on and having fun with it, but in my own way. Rakim having-funmy-ownfunway When I started rhyming, my favorite rhythms were from John Coltrane and some of the things he did on sax. And certain rhythms that I hear on drums, I try to emulate with my words, dropping on the same patterns that them beats or them notes would hit. Rakim wordssometrythings
