Joy Bryant Quotes

I remember going for the first time to a place called The Roxy in New York because you can see people breakdancing there. That's the only reason I went! It's amazing, kids are still doing that.

I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.

As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

I really like the whole urban, hip-hop kind of thing.

I used to go to those dance circles when I was a kid. When break dancing was first popular in the '80s. I would be in Boston, or I'd head up to New York, and I would stand in those circles, and I would just be blown away.

For me growing up when hip hop was forming and maturing and coming into its own, I just felt I was a part of something really exciting. I was a part of it as a consumer.

I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.

Rap is definitely a youthful expression.

When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff.

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living in the past. It's all just American music, really, when you get right down to it.

When I was growing up, hip-hop was still a pretty specialised thing.

With 'Dope Walk,' I wanted to bring back kids dancing and having fun again. That's how it used to be in Harlem. I remember everybody Harlem-shaking and 'Chicken Noodle Soup'-ing. Those were some of the most fun and memorable times in my life.

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.

Highbridge - everybody rap in Highbridge; everyone grew up rappin' or playing basketball.

Hip-hop is huge in Canada, in Australia - everywhere.

I grew up in the '80s, when breaking was cool, and then it got corny in the '90s, and it became cool again with all these choreographed B-Boy dance crews.

The TekLife crew are super dope.

I'm an urban act.

Street dance resonates for teenagers. It's inclusive and brings in different audiences.

Hip-hop music was something I grew up with, it was something that I loved since I was a little kid, and it's something that I chose to partake in an early age.

Hip-hop is more than music, it's a culture. It's bigger than hit songs.

New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.

Hip-hop was started on groups.

Well, I think that hip-hop is not just a music. It's really a culture and it's a way of life.