Jam Master Jay Quotes

I love DJing, and I love rocking out.

DJing is one of my hobbies.

I got into DJing because that was the coolest thing to do and I've never looked back.

I started DJ-ing in the '90s. DJ-ing is in every record I do. When I make records I make them for DJs.

DJing is an art that I have the utmost respect for, and I've been practising it since I was 17 years old. Doing Tom Cruise wedding-type things becomes the focal point of every interview, and you realize that you have to cut it out if you don't want to be answering questions about that.

I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term that I hated. To me a celebrity DJ is someone that's on 'Big Brother' or in some kind of B-movie who gets a gig to DJ even though they're not talented enough to do it.

I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs.

I went back to DJ'ing in 1987, and it's been an incredible second career for me. Plus, it's almost a parallel universe. If you don't go to underground clubs, you wouldn't know what I do or who I am. So there's been a whole new audience of people that don't even know I'm that 'Boy George', the one their mother used to like.

I would always have turntable elements in my records even if it was just one scratch.

The DJ role, it's never been a big thing for me.

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 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.

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

And I know how many DJ pools have grown and I know how DJing has grown in the overall, but that was the technical side of it to me. DJs were rolling around, looking for stuff to buy and looking to see what was in the store when they get there.

I named myself Flash many years ago, as I loved the cartoon. Then my own fans said that I should call myself 'Grandmaster,' because of the way I operate turntables. I put the two together and that was it.

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

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.

Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

For me it all started with two turntables and a mixer.

I wanted to be a disc jockey.

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.

Once I retire, I would definitely love to be a DJ. That would be fun.

DJing is like a great tasteful art form.

I'm a superhero that knows how to have a good time. I'll get behind the DJ booth and get on the ones and twos and get the party going.

Yeah, I actually still have my crates that I used to DJ out of when I was first DJing - my crates that I would travel with and take to the club.