Turntablism Quotes

Rhyme is cool again. It's because of hip-hop. Bless you, hip-hop.

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

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

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

Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music.

There was no hip-hop before Afrika Bambaataa.

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.

Hip-hop was started on groups.

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.

I'm a b-boy for life. I'm a dancer, I started with free style dancing and b-boying during the '80s and I always said to myself that when I get the chance to do my own thing, I will always have the b-boy element and the dance element because that's where I come from.

Hip-hop, at its best, is disruptive.

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.

Hip-hop belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's one of the most radical, revolutionary and reactionary music there is.

No, I can't do rap music!

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

My goal is to be the Jay Z of DJing.

I remember when it was just the three Emcees and then Flash put Mr Ness down.

While a lot of hip-hop was inspired by jazz or James Brown samples and was made to be played live in the clubs, I made hip-hop that was made for MCs to eat the mic up. It was an aggressive form of hip-hop. It was made just for hip-hop. It's not made to sing or dance to, though you can if you want.

I was big into hip-hop as a kid, and when I was eighteen, I got into dance and rave music, which was popular in Ireland at the time.

I was born in Hip Hop. That's all I ever needed.

In an interview, President Obama said he recently deejayed a small dance party at the White House. Obama has a lot in common with deejays. He takes requests and then completely ignores them.

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.

My mom had early rap records, like Jimmy Spicer. In the middle of the records was a turntable and a receiver - I used to scratch records on it - and on top was a reel-to-reel. In front of that wall were more stacks of records. It was either Mom's record or Pop's record, and they had their names on each and every one.

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

I look at old performers like James Brown: back in the day when you actually had to work hard to get poppin'. I look at all those types of performers. Even like Kid n' Play and the Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff and Salt-N-Pepa. That era where they had to perform. You couldn't just rap. It had to be an entire performance.