Gza Quotes

I'm this strange kind of fusion of jazz, pop, and R&B.

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.

I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.

I love hip hop. It's such an appendage for me. It's something that's always shaped my experience out in the world.

Long as the Earth is here, hip-hop'll be here.

Who's to say a blues man can't play rock and roll?

You can listen to the records and know: We're really street.

My music isn't rappity-rap-rap-rap.

'iRun' is just a fun turn-up song, me and Yachty.

I love rap, and I try to write a bit like a rapper, to have a flow.

Three-6 Mafia, we were always doing different kinds of things, and we like rock music, we like whatever - not saying they was rock, but they had a little rock-n-roll with some of their music, a little rock with it.

I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.

Rap helps me connect emotionally.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

So, maybe you don't see blues so much in Styx's music but it is definitely part of Tommy's early music.

I'm a rapper-singer, or singer-rapper - it's not one before the other. I do both.

I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music.

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.

If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song.

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.

I am obsessed with rap music - it's such a big part of my life.

Rap in general has never been my steez, but I like it.

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.

For me, it's always been about a mix of hip-hop, acoustic singer/songwriters, and piano rock. I pull all those together. Each song may lean more heavily on one than the other, but they all have all three pieces.