DJ Culture Quotes

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

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

I learned to MC over drum 'n' bass music.

Be who you are nothing more nothing less, and let the beauty that you love be the very best. Sing praises to the highest with your feet on the ground, and reach for your brother with the words that you sound, and don't let mistakes be so monumental, and don't let your love be so confidential, and don't let your mind be so darn judgmental, and please let your heart be more influential. Be thankful for all the Spirit provides, And be thankful for all that you can see without eyes, Give thanks to music that keeps us alive, And give thanks to all DJs worldwide.

My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake.

There was a DJ who stayed up for eleven days straight, the longest-recorded period of time anyone has ever gone without sleep, and he started playing nothing but Crosby, Stills and Nash, and that's how they knew it was time to call the ambulance.

If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn't make me happy. That's why I'm working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.

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

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

I am a hard house freak and I don't care who knows.

At the end of the '90s and into 2000, electronic music was still an underground phenomenon, especially in America.

Oh yeah, I've got a good relationship with Marshmello.

DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops

Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records and play live.

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

Simian Mobile Disco changed my life. They put me onto the EDM world. Although they would hate that term, they're more techno.

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

New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of a hipster scene.

Disco evolved into Chicago warehouse. Then there was techno; eventually, it evolved into EDM.

I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.

A lot of DJs who started the same time as me, they are not to be seen anymore. And I get so much love and respect from the young DJs, and some of them look up to me or ask me for advice. I am almost like the mentor.

Until House came along I don't think the English made very good dance records, you know, there were very few really good English Rap records, whereas once House came along all of a sudden we started and now I think we probably lead the world, and have overtaken America in dance music.

I grew up listening to a lot of rap music. My dad's a DJ from Brooklyn, and he's a very soulful guy, so he always spun a lot of hip-hop, and that's where I get a lot of my hip-hop influence.

The way the music industry is now geared, it's fewer accolades towards new and upcoming acts. New bands offer bright creativity. It's a set format. A venue would rather hire a DJ than a band, and that's a problem.

I am associated with techno epics.