Jam Master Jay Quotes

Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.

I certainly considered DJing. I bought four vinyls, and I bought some turntables, and I was like, 'Um. Yeah. I'm not gonna do this. This is not my thing.'

I begged and begged, and my uncle gave me his old turntables. It was one hi-fi and one old Stereo Lab turntable and a rusty mixer. I was really chuffed. I kept that for five years - that's where I learned to mix.

You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification.

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.

I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around.

There's more good music being made now than ever before.

I've been DJing a little bit, so you get used to the fact that music sounds brilliant when it's loud.

There's a confusion sometimes with the laptop being the current tools and where electronic music initially comes from.

A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.

My father was my first inspiration. He had an incredible stereo and a turntable, and I was told not to touch it. But I'd go back and touch it anyway. I gained a respect for the turntables when I was a kid. When I was a teenager, I came up with a 'cueing system' to work the turntables because they didn't have it at that time.

Maybe one day there will finally be an education for electronic music.

Computers and electronic music are not the opposite of the warm human music. It's exactly the same.

Electronic music has definitely taken over America. There is more and more interaction with hip hop.

I love DJing, and I love rocking out.

I was never really a DJ... I just kinda figured it all out at once as I started to tour. I was making music and producing and I just had to start to DJ as I got more into touring.

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.

Since the music industry cracked and fell apart, gasping for the cash flow it had come to expect, much re-thinking has been the order of the day. It is a fine time to be a musician. Like walking through Sodom and Gomorrah while it is still smoking, on your way to the next gig.

When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.

Good jazz has been a big part of my life as far as my interest in music, and... It's kind of weird now with music, the way technology is, with downloading and iPods and electronic distribution, and its kind of - you miss something, I think.

I still believe guitars will be around as long as there's rock music.

I'm a DJ, and I live in Williamsburg, and I run an independent record company.

I'm always getting sent new stuff, so I have to incorporate digital equipment into my sets, but I try to play vinyl as much as possible. It's just the best-sounding format still. And I've been using vinyl since I started deejaying, for over 15 years, so it also just feels the most natural for me.

I love deejaying, of course; that's where my heart and my passion is.