Alan Vega Quotes

Chance The Rapper is just unreal: he's changing rap and really creating this whole amazing new style.

I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves.

I think Freddie Mercury is probably the best of all time in terms of a rock voice. There was a vulnerability to it, his technical ability was amazing, and so much of his personality would come out through his voice. I'm not even a guy to buy Queen records, really, and I still think he's one of the best.

When I came to the United States, I appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show as a 13-year-old, and I played a Mendelssohn Concerto, and it sounded like a talented 13-year-old with a lot of promise. But it did not sound like a finished product.

I can't read notes well, but I can hear something and sing a harmony to it automatically.

Yachty is a genius.

There are so many young singers I meet from Delhi, and I am sure they will attain heights some day. They all are very good, and I am very proud of them.

I did rap when I was a teenager - started rapping when I was nine, and started singing when I was 20. I kinda sing like a rapper would sing.

I love that twinkly, girl rap. I've always loved that.

I found Beam when he was 16 years old. He dropped his SoundCloud page onto my Facebook. 'I listened to it and was like, these tracks are actually dope.'

I think soul singers are much better singers than I am.

I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.

I was a real big fan of Lil Wayne when he first came out.

I used to make demo tapes with cats that rocked with Russell Simmons and people like that. The history goes so far back; I've always been really focused on writing dope rhymes.

I was not a good singer. You know those children who are like, 'I'm gonna be a pop star,' and they sound amazing from the day they were born? I was not like that.

I think Post Malone makes great records, but I don't think he's a good rapper at all.

The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.

B.I.G. was like the Alfred Hitchcock of rap. Like, this dude's story form was so nuts.

Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi.

When we signed Taylor Swift, people said, 'You're signing a 15-year-old female country artist? Good luck!'

I can hold a tune but it's a bit ropey.

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

Richie Kotzen is such an unbelievable talent as a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter.

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

My dream collaboration would be to work with Drake. Honestly, he's an amazing songwriter, and I feel like if we got the opportunity to do a song, it would be the most amazing thing to ever hit people's ears.