“Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.” WritingSongFootballSeriesStartingBoundariesCrucialTimingStoppingProtectiveGears Author:Christine Lavin
“The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting to flood the neighborhoods. And then you had hip hop, which was something new, other than what we were doing, which was sports, playing football, basketball, baseball. And I was excited.” BigsSportsFootballBasketballBaseballStartingHip HopExcitedAidsBrandsHipsHopsNeighborhoodSomething NewCracksFlood80sDopeBrand NewPlaying Football Author:Ice Cube