Ali Shaheed Muhammad Quotes

If I could, I would not do anything else. I'd just be in the studio for my whole life. I would never go to parties, events, and red carpets. I would rather just be in the studio for the whole time. I don't even care. Nobody has to know what I look like. I just want to make music.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

There is a scene in the movie with DJ Cutkiller, one of the biggest European DJs from France, and he was scratching like crazy. When I saw that, I was 14, and I was like, 'Yo that's what I want to do. That's crazy.'

I put out this record on Ninja Tune called 'Florida' when I was about 22. And at the same time, I was DJ'ing and beginning to mix stuff up and promote shows in Philadelphia and New York and my own parties and make mixtapes, put out bootleg white labels.

When I'm not touring, I really don't leave the house.

I don't really leave the house.

The difference between the headphones and making music, it's like, okay, I have a new business here that I'm proud of, but my soul still remains in the music-making process.

When I was younger, I was a rave kid trapped inside a singer/songwriter's body. But I kind of figured my way out because I started making these really terrible beats on this Yamaha keyboard that my parents got me for my 10th birthday.

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.

I don't think I'd want to concentrate on just acting because I love music, and things are going really well, so I think I will always continue to make music.

Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.

I'm always home, doing nothing, making beats, and watching movies.

My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there.

I wanted to be a disc jockey.

I thought I was going to be YG's DJ forever. I didn't plan on producing; I just picked up producing and got good at it.

I'm very introverted. Easily a few days could go by where I would not really leave the house or talk to anybody other than my partner.

I started as a rave promoter when I was 17 years old; then I started DJing at 19.

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.

Electronic musicians are quite like writers or painters. They are quite isolated in their home studios. We often don't have that the opportunity to collaborate with that many people, like in rock or jazz.

The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.

I became obsessed with Simian Mobile Disco's music and poorly attempted to make my own techno music.

I was DJ'ing house music way back when - I'm not like a new house guy.

Electronic music was this super cool thing to me my whole life.

Makeup is where my career is going, but I would love to also indulge in music. It's still one of my absolute favorite things in the world.

My biggest influence growing up was Avicii, who put me onto creating the sorts of melodies that feature throughout my songs today.