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Regis has a great rapport with the American public.

Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!

I was a metalhead and then I was into the rap and then I was a metalhead again.

Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.

I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too.

I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right.

Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.

Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.

And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.

My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

I like to make music, I like rap music. Even if I'm white, I support that music. If I want to support it or any other white kid wants to support it more power to them.

I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything.