Statik Selektah Quotes

Three 6 Mafia have been around for a long time; we've made a lot of music. Anybody's music can influence anybody. I've heard people say that our music has influenced such and such, and it could be true, and it could not.

I like Macklemore.

People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.

Kanye on the track and LeBron. That's fire.

I think Ye is important to hip-hop.

There's just so many great artists out there, but I think growing up, J. Cole has been the guy that I've always been listening to, even in college. Going from that struggle to stardom, that rise to stardom, 'Dolla and a Dream,' all that stuff - I've listened to all his classics, all the old J. Cole stuff.

I listen to unhealthy amount of Kanye. The Fugees. Also, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'

I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

When you're around somebody like E-40, all you can do is watch and learn, and soak up game.

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

I love 'Watch the Throne,' because Kanye was acting so ratchet.

Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, 'You're hip-hop!' You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.

Back in the day, if someone said that hip hop and rap was a fad, that was a joke to me because they just didn't know what they were talking about. In reality, there were so many people who didn't know what they were talking about it.

Growing up, I didn't really like folk music - I wasn't a fan of Bob Dylan. I grew up mostly listening to rap and hip-hop; it was this new form of music.

I like Jay-Z. I love Luda. I love Ledisi. I like Beyonce, of course. I think she's just brilliant. She's a triple threat. But my favorite - my all-time rapper is Tupac. See, I could have been Tupac's girlfriend.

I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.

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

A 'Roc-A-Fella purist' is me.

I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.

Lil Wayne is doing his thing, and so is Drake.

A lot of people bit into Timbaland's sounds.

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

I like Kanye and Kendrick Lamar.

N.E.R.D. was also from - not too far from where I was from growing up. For a lot of people who make music, that was a huge influence in teen years.