DJ Premier Quotes

Three 6 Mafia have been around for a long time; we've made a lot of music. Anybody's music can influence anybody. I've heard people say that our music has influenced such and such, and it could be true, and it could not.

What started it all was the Kanye album, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.' We started listening to that and just fell in love with it, fell in love with his production style.

Working with Method Man was such an honor. I love his music even though I didn't grow up in his era.

I heard 'Why,' and I think that's when I first started learning about Jadakiss.

There are guys like Chance the Rapper; I'm a big fan of his.

Gwen Stefani's style and flow I just love. She is so cool to me!

But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.

As long as I'm around the cats in the hip hop scene, they'll throw me a track and I'll write a rap over it.

50 Cent's a songwriter. He understood and liked my music, but he didn't understand me.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

'Gorgeous' was one of those records that, as soon as I heard the beat, I was like, 'Man, this is the one. This is that 'This Can't Be Life' Kanye beat.'

If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love hearing them interviewed, I love the way they talk about their art. They're very self-assured, they're funny, they're inviting. I love it.

Someone like Katy Perry - I like her writing because I listen to music as a songwriter. I like a lot of her songs - like, 'Firework' is a song that I think I could write.

So when I'm listening to music, I'm listening to a lot of hip-hop to be inspired and to hear new things.

I love that twinkly, girl rap. I've always loved that.

Queen Latifah once came up to me and said 'Bebot' was her favorite song. She said, 'I don't know what you're talking about, but it feels dope!'

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the biggest hip-hop records of all time once you actually analyse it.

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

Look at Pusha-T. He makes a certain type of rap music. 'Daytona' is that on the highest level.

I like Meek Mill a lot. I listen to 'Dreams & Nightmares' introduction a lot. I always act crazy when the beat drops.

'Rainy Dayz' and 'Glaciers of Ice,' those two songs - I mean, I just love those songs.

I learned so much from listening to Jay-Z, M.O.P. and Gang Starr.

I listen to unhealthy amount of Kanye. The Fugees. Also, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'

Of course, if you're gonna make a rap song, you're gonna want to sound like Melle Mel.

I didn't want to be a rapper full time. You know, Big L kinda - God bless the dead - influenced me to do that.