Tech N9ne Quotes

I think music influences fashion and has done so for generations.

To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.

When I was sitting at home watching 'Yo! MTV Raps' as a kid, seeing the bright jackets excited me.

Hip-hop is always what's the coolest, and people want to touch that. A lot of the Pop artists always want to get that stamp of approval and be down.

I know Diplo knows a lot about underground music culture - he was one of the people to put me onto music like that when I used to listen to the Mad Decent Mixes. It was like, 'Oh, he knows what I want.'

Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.

I'm probably not as big of a hip-hop fan as people may think. I'm not up on all the artists and know all their stuff.

I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture.

I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown.

Bell Biv Devoe, back in the day, we used to look up to them. They had incredible style back then, so we wanted to be like them.

Anytime fashion and music go hand-in-hand and it really is an organic fit, it's amazing.

I'm a fan of hip-hop. I'm a fan of rap, so anything new that's happening, I'm hip to it.

I'm massively inspired by Janet Jackson, and I adore Whitney Houston and Madonna.

Fashion has always been influenced by hip-hop.

'Elle' is such an iconic magazine, and the intersection of fashion and music has always been something that fascinates me.

I never really stop and think about should I put my hat on this way or that, not thinking that little JoJo down the street would be copying that. I'm more conscious about it now and tell the kids that it's not about the shoes or what kind of shoes... it's all about the dance.

The bigger artists are definitely looking and paying attention to the culture and the style of bounce music.

I was about nine years old when I first heard Wu-Tang's 'C.R.E.A.M.' Before that, I didn't know anything about rap or hip-hop. I was just into Korean pop.

I hear all the big department stores like Macy's and Bloomingdale's in the U.S. playing hard hip-hop records to the shoppers, like Rick Ross at his gnarliest. That's amazing. It makes me think grime can do a similar thing.

We went through an era of big dance records, an era of hip-hop being the biggest thing on the planet. The people who really break through are the people who are not afraid to express themselves in how they feel.

A part of 'Happy New Year' is inspired by western pop culture, the pop music videos of Michael Jackson, Madonna and Duran Duran in the '80s.

I feel like hip-hop is the new pop because it has a lot of influence because of our culture.

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 couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents.