Famous Quotes & Sayings

Duncan Sheik

I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects

Duncan Sheik

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration

Dr. Dre

I'm expressin' with my full capabilities, And now I'm livin in correctional facilities. Cause some don't agree with how I do this, I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist.

Dalai Lama

If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.

Dalai Lama

Some people get the impression that Buddhism talks too much about suffering. In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time. Similarly, the Buddhist is willing to sacrifice immediate comfort so that he or she can achieve lasting happiness.

Dalai Lama

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

Dalai Lama

If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion.

Dalai Lama

It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a tolerance powerful enough to give such freedom.

Dalai Lama

Different people describe me in a different ways. Some describe me as the living Buddha. Nonsense. Some describe me as 'God-king.' Nonsense. Some consider me as a demon or a wolf in Buddhist robes. That also, I think nonsense.

Busta Rhymes

Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention, That I am so into who you are, can I get your attention?

Jamie Waylett

I like producing beats, and I like rapping, too. I have a program for the PC, and I can hook my keyboard to it.

Azealia Banks

The beats are like scripts, and the raps are my monologue.

Afrika Bambaataa

House, rap, R&B, disco rock, they are all part of hip-hop culture. Why you ain't playing Kraftwerk along with Jay-Z? That's hip-hop.

Dr. Dre

I been in the game for 10 years making rap tunes... Ever since honeys was wearing Sassoons.

Chuck D.

I never live alone, I never walk alone. My posse's always ready And they're waitin' in my zone.

David Foster Wallace

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

Alicia Keys

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

Andy Milonakis

I've been a hip hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan is sort of...the hip-hop version of Dr. J

Curtis Jackson

There's a small group of guys in hip-hop that really have money. The whole culture talks about money, but it's a small group that actually has it.

Nile Rodgers

I've been able to be a part of every movement in music over the last several decades. The only one that I haven't been involved in so much is hip-hop, which I chose not to be involved in because it felt like I would be what they called "perpetrating." It felt like hip-hop was so much of its own culture and that I was not part of that culture.

Nas

It's not just hip-hop that's dead. Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good.

Nas

I'm over dey heads like a bulemic on a seesaw

Eminem

God sent me to piss the world off!

Eminem

You can make something of your life, it just depends on your drive.

Jay-Z

Got some, dirt on my shoulder, could you brush it off for me?

Ice T

You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear with DJ Premier. Then you get into the more highly produced hip-hop, which is something like what DJ Khaled does. But at some point, it starts to get kind of pop.