There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear. — El-P Copy Share Image
Everyone just wants to feel good, and I don't think that all music is designed to make you feel good. — El-P Copy Share Image
You put a piece of music out, and it's not in your hands anymore, and that's cool with me. — El-P Copy Share Image
I don't have any delusions of grandeur. I just want to make music that doesn't make me bored. — El-P Copy Share Image
Personally more so than shock, I think, rap music has to be born of rebellion. — El-P Copy Share Image
Anything that gets to the more emotional and dark side of music, I always enjoy. — El-P Copy Share Image
Maybe my great struggle, and it's probably not anything different from too many other people, but it certainly is what drives the… — El-P Copy Share Image
The thing about hip-hop producers, and the thing about hip-hop musicians, is that we listen to everything. And we're inspired by everything.… — El-P Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to change the face of hip-hop music. I'm trying to make my records and always take the next step… — El-P Copy Share Image
Some of the music I made for 'Fantastic Damage' I thought I was making for the Company Flow album, but the majority… — El-P Copy Share Image
I just like heavy music in general - from heavy rock and heavy metal and heavy rap and heavy everything. I've always… — El-P Copy Share Image
Run the Jewels, our role is this: We can provide some music and some swagger in the face of doom and in… — El-P Copy Share Image
Music can feel empowering, or it can give a natural emotional voice to something people can't express. This is why it's beautiful. — 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
I am trying to change hip-hop music because I do feel there are places people can go with production and the structure… — El-P Copy Share Image
Standing up for what you believe is right, as well as standing up for what you believe is funny, standing up for… — El-P Copy Share Image
Everyone just wants to feel good, and I don't think that all music is designed to make you feel good. Sometimes it's… — El-P Copy Share Image
My father was a musician, and I've always loved writing. I grew up in New York City during a time when hip… — El-P Copy Share Image
I believe that experimenting is what production is. But it doesn't mean much if you don't have a solid foundation in what… — 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 don't ever really feel guilty about music, quite frankly. When you're younger, you think that anything you don't like, you have… — El-P Copy Share Image
At a young age, I really wanted to make music and make my own sort of thing. I'm sure if it wasn't… — El-P Copy Share Image
I work on a musician's week, so Monday is Friday. By the time Thursday rolls around, you stay in, and you work,… — El-P Copy Share Image
The advancement of style is the cornerstone of hip hop. There is no correct or conservative way to make rap music. Rap… — El-P Copy Share Image
The thing I love about music is, if you do it long enough, you get better and better at translating what's in… — El-P Copy Share Image
I'm really pretty ridiculous about how much I work on my music, and I don't look at it as necessarily a good… — El-P Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted to do, personally, was bring something new to what I loved: the thing that I loved the most,… — El-P Copy Share Image
There is a difference these days between who's making the music and buying the music, in terms of the way that they… — El-P Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily think the way people do, but that's not my problem. My problem is not to reinforce or destroy any… — El-P Copy Share Image
You don't have to say something directly to affect someone. You can make a piece of music without words that can capture… — El-P Copy Share Image
When writing songs, especially if they're kinda semi-true to you, a lot of people hide behind whatever their idea of themselves is… — El-P Copy Share Image
I try to take a snapshot of who I am now, who I am becoming, as opposed to who I was when… — El-P Copy Share Image
I really am not interested in making political music per se. I'm making personal records, but at the same time, I'm very… — El-P Copy Share Image
My problem is not to reinforce or destroy any ideas anyone might have about me, how I do what I do, what… — 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
