Top 104 Quotes & Sayings by Ad-Rock
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I'll be, like, the oldest rapper alive.
It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background.
I'd like to be in an action movie.
I would love to be in an action movie. I've always wanted to play the hacker guy - like, the Jewy hacker guy who just gets yelled at.
A lot of Jewish kids do identify with us.
I hated Led Zeppelin at school.
In New York, you can't really like anything. You know? Pizza's all right. I mean, I've been having pizza since back in the day, so it's whatever.
We've gotta stand up against hate. If you're able to give money, give to Black Lives Matter. If you're able to protest, protest. If you're able to volunteer, volunteer.
I watch NY1 every morning and have Pat Kiernan curate my news stories.
I own a car: a minivan. But don't tell anyone, 'cause they're gonna ask to borrow it.
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an actor.
We were from downtown, so we were rapping in Danceteria, in these white downtown clubs, really. Nobody downtown was rapping. Nobody we knew was rapping. So we were like, 'We should do it.' We weren't making fun of it; we loved it, and we wanted to be part of it.
Nobody wants to see the old person at the club.
I've only done karaoke twice in my life.
To me, a New Yorker is someone that has general disdain toward landlords, mass-transit authorities, electric companies, sports-team managers, NYU and its students, and anything new.
I know that when I get down or feel alone or depressed, I make music, and it makes me happy.
You picture yourself as being 22 always, and so it's very bizarre when you're not.
Trump is kind of fascinating. I wish he was only seen in black-and-white 'cause he's like a character from the 1890s.
Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names. So Beastie Boys was the stupidest name we could come up with. And unfortunately, it stuck.
Our music is weird. It's not pop. I don't know why so many people buy our records.
I got no business going to a club. I'm a terrible dancer. I got a bad back.
Here's a thing that's going to drive me absolutely crazy: the trucks! They can put people on the moon, but they can't make a quiet truck!
We could be as rich as the Rolling Stones if we sold as many records.
I feel like I have a big forehead.
My specialties include macaroni and cheese and ordering Chinese-food delivery.
As a band, we always took a really long time to make records, so unfortunately, we got into that habit of, like, 'We'll work on it tomorrow.'
I don't really have long days very often.
You have to consume Fig Newtons with either milk or an alternative milk product. It's like a conspiracy with the dairy industry. They're in cahoots.
There's songs you listen to at really heavy times, and you associate those songs with being depressed. 'English Rose' by The Jam, I can't listen to - it's just too heavy for me. 'Julia' by The Beatles, too. That popped up the other day, and I had to skip to the next song. They're both really awesome, moving songs, but I can't listen to them.
A lot of people are trying to get me to go solo. It's just a thing I have to deal with a lot. Record labels are always trying to get me to go solo.
You'd think that my acting in 'Lost Angels' would have been the reason why I gave up on it. But yeah, I'm just not that good at it. Auditioning is super weird, and I'm bad at it.
We did make fools of ourselves, but people were into it.
I'm not saying that kids today have everything, but with the Internet, it's like, you have it there, so use it! I know a bunch of kids who are into cassette tapes now. Cassette tapes suck! Why not use your iPod?
Of course, if you're gonna make a rap song, you're gonna want to sound like Melle Mel.
The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.
I do like burgers, I do eat chicken - and I'm not proud of it, but I pick my nose. We all do.
Rap is the only super-current music. If you're into reggae or dancehall, and you don't know Bob Marley, then you don't really know what you're listening to. But if you're listening to rap, and you're 15, you're like, 'Grandmaster Flash? Who's that? Public Enemy? Yeah, my dad told me about them once.' And that's just how it is.
Our talent and skill as rappers is clearly the first thing you notice. I don't know what we were thinking. We just really love rap and wanted to be rappers. Is that weird?
I reject Donald Trump's mission of America.
I lost my mom when I was young.
We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren't, I don't know what I would have done.
I can literally walk around at our own shows, and nobody recognizes me.
It takes a lot of guts to get on stage.
Sexism is deeply rooted in our history and society that waking up and stepping outside of it is like I'm watching 'Night of the Living Dead Part Two' all day, every day.
Unfortunately, like, homework and school wasn't the thing that I was obsessing over. It was, you know, music and making music and how to like - and drum machines. And we met Rick Rubin, and Rick Rubin had a drum machine. So I would just cut school and go to his house - his dorm room.
I like Kanye West... he makes good music.
Since high school, I was in this band. And you know, it's one thing when you're in a band in high school, but then to have it last for so long - that's who I am and what I did forever.
All generations think the present moment is the greatest but also have this fascination with before their time. I do the same thing. I see old British movies. I'm like, 'Man, I would love to be in London at that time.' But then I wouldn't be able to watch 'The Walking Dead,' I wouldn't have cable, and my pizza options would be limited.
I support women-run business.
That's what real punk is about - doing it yourself and building a community where people share ideas and share creativity.
The Madonna tour thing was definitely funny that - you know, children were crying watching us... and it was interesting seeing how angry their parents were.
You think about when you're with your friend, and you hang out with your friend. And then you go do whatever you're doing, your life. You know, and then you see your friend again. But for us, we were friends that, we would be together, and then we would go to work, which was us still again, so we were always together.
Being a straight white guy in his, like, early twenties - there's some sort of thing about it. A sort of privilege, a sort of anger or something. You just say some really stupid things.
New York taught me everything.
The Beatles are great for everybody - they write the songs that made the whole world sing.
I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.
Adam Yauch started the band. It's not like a thing where we could continue without him.
Me and my two best friends went to see the Ramones in 1979, and two weeks later, I was like, 'We're starting a band. That's it.'
I want to open a restaurant.
Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.
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