Quotes

I hated Led Zeppelin at school.

When I was in a couple of movies in the '80s, I was winging it.

I'd like to be in an action movie.

I do like burgers, I do eat chicken - and I'm not proud of it, but I pick my nose. We all do.

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.

I reject Donald Trump's mission of America.

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?

Nobody wants to see the old person at the club.

Adam Yauch started the band. It's not like a thing where we could continue without him.

The tapes we were making would jump around with different styles, just quick parts of different songs. Hip-hop to jazz to funk to whatever else. And in a way, 'Check Your Head' ended up being like one of those pause-tapes.

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.

If I could sing, that would be cool. But I can't. I mean, I physically can, but I'm awful. It's weird to be really bad at singing.

A lot of Jewish kids do identify with us.

I don't really have long days very often.

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.

'Grand Royal' started because we were on the Lollapalooza tour, and we wanted to send this message to people that the mosh pit is corny. Stop doing that. MTV has ruined it, and it's dangerous, and girls are getting hurt.

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.

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.

Of course, if you're gonna make a rap song, you're gonna want to sound like Melle Mel.

Everybody wants to be a rapper - even country musicians.

Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.

The Beatles are great for everybody - they write the songs that made the whole world sing.

I support women-run business.

We could be as rich as the Rolling Stones if we sold as many records.

I make a little music every day just because it's fun.