Quraysh Ali Lansana

Inspired by Sugarhill
Started due to Stevie Wonder and EW&F
Music is my language so speak it
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Disclaimer: this is for a high school project

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

My siblings pushed me towards music and poetry, but the music ultimately found me

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Music is to me as its first steps is to a baby. I learned music before I even knew who I was

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Music was never meant to only be listened to. You need to feel every piece of it, from the way it changes pitch, to the words flowing out of the artist's mouth

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Those who fail to understand the music, aren't listening with their hearts and lack an open mind

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Words are way of expressing one's thoughts, but without emotion, they mean nothing. Pair the music with words and you get harmony

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Hip hop was started because my people wanted a way to express themselves and still get down and dirty on the dance floor. We always find a way to bring sunlight on a rainy day.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Rap may sound angry and unpleasant to the average person, but in reality it's filled with emotion and beneath that anger/sorrow, is a man trying to get a few people to hear his story

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Music is not just a hobby. Artists wouldn't be artists without their paint brushes, as a musician is nothing without his instrument. Music can be broken down and analyzed, but until you feel the cadence and hear the words, you won't truly understand the music.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

The rap that knocked it all into place. Sugarhill gang introduced me to a new, more developed side of manhood. I was a boy struggling with himself prior to hearing Rapper's Delight.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

The lack of true hip hop appreciation in this world scares me. You kids today will never understand true music because all men and women do nowadays is rap about sex, money, and drugs.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Words are a mere expression of a person. My words are in my music I make and the rhythms you bop to.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

It's not what you you choose to do in your life that matters, it's how you choose to live your life. You can either live for you, or for others. Take your pick.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

In a world where rapping and spinning records were seen as ghetto, I let my saxophone do the talking.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Stevie wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Grandmaster Flash, and a few others are responsible for introducing me to music. I am responsible for using music as my way of expression.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

Finding myself was no easy journey, but because I listened to the music and not the people, I learned a lot more about myself.

[Quraysh Ali Lansana @QLansana]

The birth of music stems from the hip hop.