Bono Quotes

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living in the past. It's all just American music, really, when you get right down to it.

Hip-hop is like underground. I don't know if hip-hop exists anymore. I don't know if it does.

I love the hip-hop nation.

I'm a hip-hop fan.

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music.

Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s.

Hip-hop music was our life.

New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.

The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music.

I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.

By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but hip-hop, block parties.

Hip-hop is a vehicle.

Rap is definitely a youthful expression.

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

I think hip hop is dead. It's all pop now. If you call it hip hop, then you need to stop. Hip hop was a movement. Hip hop was a culture. Hip hop was a way of life. It's all commercial now.

Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.

Hip hop was definitely, far and away, the primary influence for at least 10 years of my life. From about 7 or 8 on till about 15 or 16, that's all I listened to.

Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.

One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.

The part of modern pop music I don't know much about is hip hop.

I'm a big hip hop fan.

Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around.