Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
There is always space for good music.
B.G. was just like his lyrics.
Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap.
Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.
I'm the greatest game-spitter of all time. I talk about the swell, the block, the 'hood. I'm a street commentator. I narrate how people live. That's E-40.
The rap game without me would be like woofers without bass.
I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.
If we don't put some acting in a dance song, no one would be able to dance on it.
I love music. I love going out dancing.
With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.
I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.
I like having big hooks and big records and sing-a-longs.
My approach to writing rhymes went hand in hand with the music. I'd try to make different rhythms with my rhymes on the track by tripping up patterns, using multi-syllable words, different syncopations. I'd try to be like a different instrument.
I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.
The vibe on 'Starboy' comes from that hip-hop culture of braggadocio, from Wu-Tang and 50 Cent, the kind of music I listened to as a kid.
I don't want to be a lead player. I don't want to shred and play fast licks. I just want to be the best rhythm section ever.
I wanted to play drums and if I didn't play drums, I wouldn't make music and drums are the foundation for what I do.
I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare I say it - disco.
Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.
It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra.
Humor is like music. It's a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know not to let the beat go too long, but to leave a beat in there for it to gel.
I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it.
Our songs all carry the same way.
