Lupe Fiasco Quotes

I have always touched on different genres whether it has been hip-hop, country and the rock element.

I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.

I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music.

For us to keep claiming this isn't Hip Hop and that isn't Hip Hop doesn't make sense to me.

I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me.

When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything outside of rap. It's not that. When I leave this earth, I want to be remembered as an M.C. But I'm definitely going to touch a lot of other genres, not just rapping.

I can do R&B, pop, gospel... whatever genre of music that's out.

I think the 'R&B singer' title came from me entering the business at a time when R&B chick singers were the trend. I was fine with that, but I have a lot more to offer.

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from.

I love country music, but I also love gangster rap.

I try to write five or six songs each year and not just in one genre.

Some people say I make hip-hop. Others see me as doing EDM. Some people might look at me as a trap artist, but I'm not really stuck to any of those.

I don't feel like I should just be a rapper. That's boring to me.

I wouldn't categorize myself as R&B or hip-hop. I don't really know how to categorize myself. I'm still working out where I fit with that stuff. I kind of think of myself as pop.

I want to showcase my talent, I'm not just a grime MC, I'm an artist.

I can rap, I can sing, I can do whatever, you know what I'm saying? I can do rock.

I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.

Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop.

I don't like political rappers.

I never had a problem moving between jazz and hip-hop.

When you say, 'Man, what kind of music does Outkast make?' You be like, 'They make Outkast music.' What kind of music does N.E.R.D. make? They make N.E.R.D. music. I want to be one of those people, because there's so many layers to the music I create that I don't want people to expect me to do one thing.

I don't like to focus on just hip-hop because with hip-hop, I can only do so much; with a vocalist, I can only do so much, but the limitations are varying.

I grew up playing in rock bands while I was listening to rap records. I like a lot of stuff.

I could be just as happy playing a Beatles song as I am when I'm thrashing out the double bass stuff with Adrenaline Mob.

A lot of rap music can get repetitive.