Statik Selektah Quotes

Three 6 Mafia have been around for a long time; we've made a lot of music. Anybody's music can influence anybody. I've heard people say that our music has influenced such and such, and it could be true, and it could not.

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

Lyrically and melodically, Drake was definitely a big influence of mine.

Dre is someone I've looked up to since 1985 when he came to my college and performed with The Wrecking Crew.

I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

I'm a fan of hip hop music, so I always used a hip hop element in my music anyway.

Hip-hop was super-exotic to us in Canada.

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it.

I'm a fan of Jay-Z, I'mma always be a fan of Jay-Z.

Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.

For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!

I like Jay-Z. I love Luda. I love Ledisi. I like Beyonce, of course. I think she's just brilliant. She's a triple threat. But my favorite - my all-time rapper is Tupac. See, I could have been Tupac's girlfriend.

Frank Ocean is our modern-day Marvin Gaye. In our house, we have nothing but respect for him.

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.

I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

Working with Method Man was such an honor. I love his music even though I didn't grow up in his era.

I respect Soulja Boy.

I love hip-hop, and I like the beats the most.

You grow up listening to Eminem; your parents don't let you listen to it - you gotta sneak into a car to listen to this guy rap. He changed my whole life, my whole perspective on music, so to more or less co-sign something that I've done is the ultimate childhood goal.

You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece of the feeling he gave them.

Without Mac Miller, there would be no GoldLink.

Drake is my favorite rapper.

It was actually working with Kendrick Lamar that pushed me further into the act of songwriting, specifically.

I love Kanye for that. Being a producer, making beats, and being a rapper. He does it all.

The first album that I bought with my own money was 50 Cent's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'.' That was, like, the 5th grade, 6th grade.