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DJ Quotes

Straight from the booth to the crowd.

This collection features people describing life behind the decks, from an assiduous record collector to a club regular who keeps a crowd moving. Another names the producers who shaped their taste in sound. Continue exploring with Music.

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I'm a DJ, but I'm also a ridiculously high-grossing musician due to doing productions.

Quotes by Afrojack

9

I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

Quotes by Afrojack

8

At a festival, a lot of people came to see other artists, so you have to put on a signature set and performance: 'This is what I do, this is why I'm here.' At solo gigs, I'm a DJ -...

Quotes by Afrojack

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We used to play a lot of Fela Kuti in the early days of hip-hop. In my DJ sets I'll jump off into rock, salsa, African. I like to play some crazy stuff and see the vibrations of the people.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Emotion Quotes

6

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

5

I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

4

I was a rapper and a DJ, and if you wanted to be involved in hip-hop, you had to be involved in the sonic, the kinetic and the visual aspects. The visual was graffiti.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

3

One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

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My two main trainers were John Dahmer and DJ Hyde. DJ Hyde mainly taught me how to be tough: I mean, the beatings that he used to give the students as far as wrestling initiations go were as tough as...

Quotes by Adam Cole

Identity Quotes

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I collect records pretty assiduously, so I've got, like, a massive record collection. I still DJ.

Quotes by Wilson Bethel

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