Shameik Moore Quotes

What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.

I got 'Smooth' when I was growing up. I got 'Bigshot' playing in Detroit. People who know me from Denver call me 'Smooth.'

When you scratch the soul of hip-hop, you find R&B and funk but also reggae.

I grew up listening to Bob Marley, Jill Scott, Floetry, Nas, Jay-Z, Beyonce.

I listen to so much, I listen to a lot of reggae. Obviously I listen to hip-hop, that's what I make. I listen to soul. I love jazz. I love all types of music.

The first album that I bought with my own money was 50 Cent's 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'.' That was, like, the 5th grade, 6th grade.

If you go to pretty much everywhere in the developing world, you will find Bob Marley murals, and you'll find people playing his music.

Start dancing immediately. Run to the closest dance studio, and study the style of dance of the music you love. If you love hip-hop music, go to a hip-hop class. If you love salsa, take a salsa class. It will become infectious and you'll keep going back.

I really like G-Herbo.

Dirty martinis and music - that's the big motto in our family. We get the booze going, and the music starts playing. Always old-school hip-hop. Jay-Z. Tribe Called Quest. The Pharcyde. My parents love that stuff.

'Strong Island' is slang for Long Island, New York. And it really grew out of - what may surprise people, it really grew out of the very vibrant hip-hop scene that, you know, is located and still generates artists out of Long Island.

It speaks truth when you listen to Bob Marley.

I got a close friend who raps.

I mean, Common was and is like my favorite rapper.

I've been dancing since I was two, learning so many different styles. I like dancing to rap and hip-hop, but also the Strokes, the Hives, and the Vines with carefree randomness. There's always a way to move to something.

Ghostface, when it comes to hip-hop, was one of my favorite rappers and definitely one of my favorites in the Wu-Tang. He's also a really cool dude.

Scarface is my favorite rapper.

People told me that Miley's '23' wasn't hip-hop. Let me tell you, she went in and owned that track.

I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.

Early on in my life, I got two older brothers; we used to listen to Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne.

When it comes to best new artist or album or song of the year, yeah, it's very rare that you see someone in country win one of those. It's a very strong genre, and it's got roots so deep in our culture. I think the pool of voters listen more to pop and R&B and hip-hop. Those seem to be the major contenders.

I had nothing but respect for Pac.

I think there's always been interest in Bob Marley.

In about seventh grade, that's when we started playing around with beats, rhymes.

I love being in the Beastie Boys.