Gza Quotes

People have actually had my face tattooed on to their bodies, which is so odd.

I'm a big fan of all styles, even Biggie and Wu-Tang, but I gotta do my thing.

I don't feel that I need a tattoo to represent myself as a Samoan or a Christian.

A tattoo doesn't make you look like an individual.

What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one.

People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it.

There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.'

The thing that probably trips me up the most are people getting tattoos of stuff that I've designed in my books. That always spins me out in a weird way. It seems like such a permanent commitment to something I've done. I don't know that I could do that for anyone else.

I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing like the cultural influence of hip-hop. For me, hip-hop culture is involved in everything - it's in me, in who I am, in how I dress, how I talk. It's in my son and my wife.

I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don't necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality.

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.

I have a lot of tattoos. My first tattoo I had when I was a teenager was just a little heart. I am very friendly with a great artist, Scott Campbell, and I started going to him to get tattoos. I'm very spontaneous about what I get.

I'm getting a bunch more face tattoos, because it doesn't look like I'm ever going to have to apply to a Walmart or Best Buy.

People are proud of their tattoos. It's like a modern coat of arms.

I always get forwarded these weird pictures of people getting Kenny Powers tattoos. That's probably the craziest thing I've ever seen: Somebody will ink my face on their body for eternity.

I just like tattoos.

I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.

I've always wanted to get a tattoo.

I have 9 tattoos of my own.

All my tattoos have been spur-of-the-moment ones and not planned.

I've got a tattoo, my mum's fine with that.

Rap is something you live; hip hop is something you do.

I don't have tattoos other than lines.

I'm definitely a West Coast artist, so much so that I'm gonna get 'Thug Life' tatted on my stomach one day.