88 Quotes by Rakim

I got a lot of vinyl, a lot of music in general in the house.

You grow, you mature, you live, and you learn. You get a little wiser, and you learn better ways to handle things.

In New York, they kind of rode with me from day one: they understand who I am.

The golden age was when people were starting to understand what hip-hop was and how to use it. I was lucky to come up then. Everybody wanted to be original and have substance; it was somewhat conscious... There was an integrity that people respected.

To know that I was being heard on the radio, it made me feel as if I was, I guess, spread across New York. It was incredible.

Age don't count in the booth.

I try to stay true to my style, and I understand the foundation of my style and where it came from. But at the same time, you take that experience and learn different ways to write, different ways to turn on that creative energy.

I don't believe in writer's block. I'll get stuck, but being stuck, I'll still write a verse. If you know where you're going, you can always start from there and work your way back.

I love what I do. I'm still humble.