DJ Premier Quotes

Future's the guy, like, where, if I send him some beats while he on the road, and there's a pack of beats that he really like, if there's a new vibe or new wave, he's like, 'Man, keep feeding me more. Feed me more of this every day.'

People will go through 50 beats from a producer and pick the best ones, go make a song on that beat. That's cool, but someone coming to me and hearing what I've been working on, picking out pieces of all of that, and then adding some of their own ideas is way more exciting.

I really only make my own beats when I feel like I can't wait on somebody, or it's taking too long to get a nice beat to rap on.

Beats are really inspiring. They always make me want to write something over them.

I would get out of school and go straight to my computer to create beats.

I have a method of working on music: I'll get up in the morning and throw down some drums on my drum machine, and then I'll come back later and try to pop off rhythms to it.

I play a little bit of everything. I beat on the walls. I whistle. I scream. I go outside and scream because it sounds cool when it's recorded. I play drums on a chair. I snap, clap... just anything to build the track and make it feel like I want it to.

I am hoping to improve my writing and rapping, as well as get a better grasp on how to make beats and music that complements what I do vocally. It's a learning process that hopefully won't end.

I love sampling, and RZA loves sampling, too.

Sometimes I go in and try to write beats, but I just trash 'em, and then the next time I go in, I'll make like six beats - six legit, nice beats. I'm really particular with how it needs to sound.

I'm used to producing all of my projects, doing all the beats, and writing all the hooks.

A lot of people hear things on the radio and try to make their own version of that.

'Who Do You Love' was kinda cool to make. I just made the beat; I was self-determined to make beats at the time.

I create vibe-y dance music.

I must have 300 songs unreleased or unrecorded, lying around. I'm a production machine, it never stops.

During the day I'll work on music. I have a sampler and a drum machine out with me and I write new songs while we're on the road.

If the beat feels like it don't make you move right, I scrap that and go to another track. Sometimes it takes 10 minutes, sometimes it takes an hour to get one done.

If I ever do meet John Mayer and we end up in the studio, hopefully he'll bring the guitar, and I'll make a beat to it or something.

I just like a beat that grabs me. And then I'll come up with a concept after. I like to take my time with music.

If I sample a song, I usually make samples out of the whole album. Then I move on after that. Doesn't mean I'm going to release that whole album, but I do that.

I don't sit around listening to beats all day. There's so many producers, and so much of it is derivative.

Growing up, I was trying to make it in music. I was grinding, which is just what I loved doing. I didn't have nothing else to do. In my spare time, I'd record myself. Find a beat, pulling em up. Just making something and creating for me.

I was 16 when I recorded 'Flashlight.' I produced it, made the beat, wrote it, recorded it.

I started making beats in high school.

Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.