CeeLo Green Quotes

Favorite rap album? Damn. Lil Wayne's mixtapes... He got a lot of good mixtapes like 'Da Drought 3.'

I did rap when I was a teenager - started rapping when I was nine, and started singing when I was 20. I kinda sing like a rapper would sing.

If we want to mumble rap, we can mumble rap.

Some guy was just like, 'You rap fast, man. Like a little machine gun,' and from that moment, I was Lil Uzi.

I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area.

I wish I could rap! I wish I could rap like Azealia Banks or Lil Wayne or someone like that... Twista. He's super fast.

It must surprise people that I'm such a rap fan, but it's true. Sometimes, just staying in, putting on some rap music, and letting loose is all I need to have a good time.

My favorite rappers are, I can't really say. I like Kanye because he's so creative. He'll just do anything. I like what Kanye's bringing to the game. Lil Wayne. I like Wayne.

I like underground rappers - Cory Gunz is a young kid that's been really doing his thing. I'm a Gym Class Heroes type of fan even though they're not new, but they're definitely trendsetters.

I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.

For me, I like old-school rap music. There was a time when music was so, so rich overall, and the content of what people talked about was so deep on every level, song-for-song, pound-for-pound, and on radio, there was so much content. I gravitate more towards that type of music, to be honest.

In my mind, not in real life. My rap name will be Optimus Rhymes. Or the Notorious B.o.B.

As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.

I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin' it.

The best bounce rapper ain't gonna be able to compete with Jay-Z, not on a major scale.

I'm not very good with rap and things like that.

I just love working with Eminem. He's just one of my favorite rappers, and his lyrics - he's a true poet, and I enjoy that about him.

I love that twinkly, girl rap. I've always loved that.

You might remember me from Eminem's rap lyrics.

I'm the best SoundCloud rapper.

I'm better than Tupac and Biggie. I say that so now you know where my head at.

You know, Slick Rick was tight at telling stories.

I always argue with a lot of people. They ask me for my top rappers, and he's always on my list. I mean, the GZA inspired me.