Gza Quotes

I have this massive love for the whole culture of pop music. It's my fascination, my ongoing passion.

One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.

All music is dance music. But when people think of dance music, they think of techno or just house. Anything you can dance to is dance music. I don't care if it's classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it's all dance music.

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

I love all types of music. I love top 40 dance pop, hip-hop, I don't even know what they call it now. I'm a huge fan of all that.

I listen to all types of different music. I go to different festivals. I'm around music.

I was always really into the music rather than the scene.

The Fiesta Tour McDonald's exhibit is a one-of-a-kind compilation of items and great moments in Latin music history. Every item has a unique story, including the outfit which I wore during the 2008 Premios Juventud awards.

The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.

It's VH1, it's everywhere, and you know music is just the world right now. People love music.

I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they just have reality shows. Reality TV rots people's brains.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

The kids that are making the ghetto stuff I can't even reach are the ones that are inspiring me to play music for the other kids in the city they don't even know about. If I don't get those kids making music, there won't be an original kid DJing like me in five to 10 years.

Most of my friends are from the music scene.

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.

I'm not a DJ - I don't know how to scratch or mix records, but I know how to party, and I know music. I grew up in Philly; it's a very musical city. My house was full of music.

Guys would hang out in groups just to be with the music.

In '77 there was no Internet, there was no Twitter or Facebook, and I think that, without being some old git who hates anything new, people's attention spans are too short. Back then you had 'Top Of The Pops' and 'Melody Maker,' and you had to make the effort to go to a show so that you absorbed the culture of music.

People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at weddings. I've heard it in graduation parties. It's a big idea and big song.

Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.

Watch MTV and you can see what the music scene is like in England. The Spice Girls? Not a lot of creativity in the commercial area. There are still great musicians in England, but not a lot being heard that much.