Phife Dawg Quotes & Sayings

I emcee how I feel for the moment. I'll always be influenced by Tribe, but my EP and LP have a lot of different flavors! I'll keep it vintage Tribe if Tribe decides to do another LP ... which, in my heart, I'd love to do for the fans. — Phife Dawg

Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop,
I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop,
Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top,
Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closin the shop — Phife Dawg

I didn't really know what to expect, but I thought there aren't a lot of rap groups that can say they have a documentary done about them, so my attitude was like, 'Shoot, why not?' I'm sure there are a lot of people that would like to take our place. I felt like we should all embrace it. — Phife Dawg

Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue.
It's not like honey dip would wanna get with me,
But just in case I own more condoms than TLC. — Phife Dawg

Yeah, me and Q-Tip is cool outside of the business, but you know, within the business sometimes it can get ugly, you know what I mean? — Phife Dawg

Question: Why is that MC's be wack
And major labels wanna sign that crap?
A-yo ... funk that! — Phife Dawg

Styles be fat like Jackie Gleason, the rest be Art Carney. — Phife Dawg

A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals. — Phife Dawg

Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true.
And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you. — Phife Dawg

I instruct you to be the obeyer,
A rhythm recipe that you'll savor,
Doesn't matter if you're minor or major,
Yes, the Tribe of the game, rhythm player,
As you inhale like a breath of fresh air — Phife Dawg

I'm doing a fun EP. It's called 'Songs in the Key of Phife: Eight Is Enough.' It's radio-friendly, but then a lot of it just has that raw hip-hop. Some of it will be vintage Tribe, but for the most part I'm just letting my voice be heard. — Phife Dawg

Cuz if I don't say I'm the best, tell me who the hell will? — Phife Dawg

London is one of my favourite places to come to overseas. — Phife Dawg

I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian
Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation — Phife Dawg

When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic? — Phife Dawg

When I hear the word 'documentary,' I don't think certain things should be left out. You've got to keep it 100 percent as much as you can, unless your group has a meeting beforehand and says, 'Yo - don't say this, 'cause boom, boom, boom.' Other than that, it's a documentary so let's document, you know what I mean? — Phife Dawg

Now here's a funky introduction of how nice I am,
Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram. — Phife Dawg

I'm a rapper but I'm a human being. — Phife Dawg

I'm all about the fans. — Phife Dawg