Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do. — El-P Copy Share Image
I don't think hip-hop is a dying art form. I think it's impossible for hip-hop to be a dying art form. — El-P Copy Share Image
I've been approached by major labels every single year of my existence as an artist. Since 1996. — El-P Copy Share Image
The bravest artists I've ever known have always been graf artists. Risking your life and your freedom is no joke. — El-P Copy Share Image
I believe that if you're an artist, it's like a gift. If you can do this for a living and you can… — El-P Copy Share Image
You've gotta be an outsider a little bit to shake yourself loose from the mill, the "machine." In order to even cut… — El-P Copy Share Image
We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky… — El-P Copy Share Image
I believe that if you're an artist, it's like a gift. If you can do this for a living and you can… — El-P Copy Share Image
I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people -… — El-P Copy Share Image
The crews that are going to be self-produced are going to make the great albums, as opposed to making these mix-tapes, these… — El-P Copy Share Image
I think that everyone who does music, and everyone who does art, or everyone who decides at a young age that they're… — El-P Copy Share Image
At the core of everything I do, is not my ambition but my desire to make music. Somewhere along the line I… — El-P Copy Share Image
I am making art. It's not a job that you've gotta show up to and fill in your slot. This is a… — El-P Copy Share Image
The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall… — El-P Copy Share Image
I'm not mad at digital media at all; I just see the importance and beauty of physical media. — El-P Copy Share
Standing up for what you believe is right, as well as standing up for what you believe is funny, standing up for what you… — El-P Copy Share
For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express yourself, the… — El-P Copy Share
Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion. — El-P Copy Share
Any issue and any problem, no matter what height you look at it from, no matter how much you extend past the first fractal,… — El-P Copy Share
I really don't believe in going too far out of your way to hunt down somebody to do a song. — El-P Copy Share
The last Company Flow reunion show in New York City was pretty insane. Everybody knew all the words to every song; everybody had smiles… — El-P Copy Share
At a young age, I really wanted to make music and make my own sort of thing. I'm sure if it wasn't music, it… — El-P Copy Share
One of the reasons why I thought it was a good decision to put Def Jux on hold is that it's a hell of… — El-P Copy Share
I am trying to change hip-hop music because I do feel there are places people can go with production and the structure of an… — El-P Copy Share
I'm not really one of these people who's been known for particularly hopeful sentiments. — El-P Copy Share
I had a boom box with a dual cassette deck and a mic, so I used to make pause tapes. I think a lot… — El-P Copy Share
