I've been listening to Herbie Hancock forever. He's gone through so many transitions, even before bringing hip-hop to the forefront with 'Rockit'… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about music in general, not just hip-hop. But when it comes to hip-hop, I don't wanna see it die culturally. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
It's whatever - people like me and Dre are music people, so we're beyond just hip-hop. We're purists. Not everybody who makes… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Jazz came from the streets, hip-hop came from the streets. It's just a different language. It's all borne out of hard times,… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
The ghetto music of my era is hip-hop. And Parliament, and Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, that was all the ghetto stuff… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Prince, Bootsy Collins, Earth Wind & Fire and Parliament all had albums that sound different. I wanted to show, as a hip-hop… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
The radio stations strayed away from the raw hip-hop that they were playing in the early 1990s. We were like, 'All this… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I came out with sounds that didn't sound like the usual hip-hop beat. I took that chance because no one would identify… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
That's the thing with social media: it's a gift and a curse. It's cool on one level, but it's also bad. — DJ Premier Copy Share
My crew used to listen to 'Taking It to the Top' by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. — DJ Premier Copy Share
All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard to Earn.'… — DJ Premier Copy Share
Jazz came from the streets, hip-hop came from the streets. It's just a different language. It's all borne out of hard times, struggle, and… — DJ Premier Copy Share
A lot of Friday nights, Guru and I would go kick it with Biggie, since he was just three blocks down from us. — DJ Premier Copy Share
All my idols have been in the studio with me, because they wanted to be there. — DJ Premier Copy Share
DWYCK' was only intended to be a B-side of 'Take It Personal,' because we had done a record with Nice & Smooth for their… — DJ Premier Copy Share
Guru's family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we had the… — DJ Premier Copy Share
I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone. — DJ Premier Copy Share
Every now and then there might be a beat someone turned down that I have as an unused beat. But everything that predominantly matches… — DJ Premier Copy Share
I've always cared about how certain songs fade into other ones and which songs should follow others. I studied that as a consumer and… — DJ Premier Copy Share
I'm known for taking a long time getting music out, partially, my schedule is bananas, I'm only human, and then on top of that,… — DJ Premier Copy Share
I grew up in a town called Prairie View. It's like 45 minutes outside of Houston. — DJ Premier Copy Share
