Archie Shepp Quotes

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

We always do kinda like the bare bones representation or variation of the voice and drums, which is what we feel is the foundation or backbone of rapping and hip hop.

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

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

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

I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.

I still to this day get the most inspiration from rap lyrics.

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

Rap helps me connect emotionally.

I write poetry, and I put it to a beat - I mean, that's what they call rap.

I still very much appreciate the storytelling of the best rappers.

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

My girlfriend is rap. Music and albums and records and my kids.

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All of a sudden, something said to me, 'Put something like that on a record, and it will be the biggest thing.' I didn't even know you called it rap.

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.

It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.

I tell people all the time, I'm Mix-A-Lot. I'm not a rocket scientist.

Eventually, I started to actually enjoy rapping.

Slick Rick has always been one of those guys real good at telling stories.

So when I'm listening to music, I'm listening to a lot of hip-hop to be inspired and to hear new things.

We all knew how talented K.Dot is. We knew how dope he was lyrically.

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