Grandmaster Flash Quotes

I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.

I love DJing, and I love rocking out.

I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it's fun and it's kind of glamorous.

A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.

I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

I go out pretty much every night, and when you spend time in those clubs, watching how the DJs make their mash-ups to heat up the room, you want to create that sound yourself.

I love mixing house and disco with anything bass.

I'm a retired MC.

Everything I do comes from the clubs. If I lose that, I'm done.

DJs are the new rock stars.

I really love Las Vegas. It's, like, my favorite place to be. I love to DJ out there. It is the place to be as a DJ.

I'm not a DJ, I don't know how to scratch and I don't know how to mix, but I do know how to party. One of my jobs is actually to travel the world and party.

I'm not necessarily that big of a clubbing junkie, but I really like dance music as a genre.

Me jumping on a song with Ariana Grande is just showing versatility, you know what I'm saying?

You know, the record business is much different than being artist on stage.

I basically taught myself how to DJ, but I've been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I have some good friends that would hook us up with music. You learn some little things here and there from each DJ and you just take it and put your own style into to it.

Also, painting and animation are really solitary pursuits, so the collaborative aspects of music making and acting are pretty welcome sometimes.

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.

I do dance music, and I can be pretty camp myself from time to time.

Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance the night away to electronic music.

Making dance music was one of the best things I did in my life. I traveled the world; I met the most amazing fans. I got a lot of respect from doing it.

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not.

The art of DJing is sharing music with one another... The technology's definitely taking it into a new direction to where it's really becoming performance-based.

I just wanna be a DJ!

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.