Hopsin Quotes

Songwriting is what I am trying to stay good at and get better at.

Acting takes a lot of practice, but so does auditioning.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

Even when you write it, someone's got to play it. So if you can play it and bypass all the rest of the things, you're still doing as great as someone that has spent forty years trying to find out how to do that. I'm really pro-human beings, pro-expression of everything.

Know your job and don't fake it. It looks easy, but the ones that make it look easy know what the hell they're doing. They may tell you around the dining room table that you're funny and you should be an actor, but until you challenge yourself by getting on a stage or in front of a camera, that's when your knowledge of the craft separates you from the pretenders.

I've come to recognize songwriting as something that I do, and I want to be good at that. At that craft, if you like. I want to practice it.

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing.

I see myself as an actor with a love of music.

There's probably a lot of people wondering if I can play.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

I try not to shut any doors before I even get there. I like doing music. I like singing. I love all music. Music kind of goes hand in hand with acting anyway.

At the end of the day, if you can't say a line right, it does not matter who your contacts are.

I wouldn't say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it.

We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Writing songs is a trade like anything else.

I'm an interpreter of music.

Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.

As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift.

My life is to sing.