--- title: "9 Cool Quotes By Diplo" description: "9 Cool quotes by Diplo. Plus more from Diplo and more Cool sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/diplo-9004_cool_i-used-the-name-diplo-at-one-show-when-i_2241462.png" --- > [I used the name Diplo at one show when I was really young, and it just stuck. I never meant to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-used-the-name-diplo-at-one-show-when-i-was-really-young-and-it-just/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/diplo-9004_cool_i-used-the-name-diplo-at-one-show-when-i_2241462.png) > [I appreciate people who are authentic. Someone who just wants to be cool, I can tell when their intentions aren't right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-appreciate-people-who-are-authentic-someone-who-just-wants-to-be/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/diplo-9004_appreciate_i-appreciate-people-who-are-authentic-so_1752777.png) > [People don't know exactly what I do; they just know I'm 'cool.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/people-don-t-know-exactly-what-i-do-they-just-know-i-m-cool/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/diplo-9004_cool_people-don-t-know-exactly-what-i-do-they_1952295.png) > [If kids can have some sort of social responsibility, that's cool. But if they're not actually having social responsibility, and they're kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/if-kids-can-have-some-sort-of-social-responsibility-that-s-cool-but/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/diplo-9004_actually_if-kids-can-have-some-sort-of-social-res_83084.jpg) > [Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/selling-mp3s-or-physical-copies-it-s-still-cool-but-i-think-it-s-2/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/diplo-9004_becoming_selling-mp3s-or-physical-copies-it-s-sti_2494957.png) > [Klaus from the Teddybears, Bloodshy and Avant and Mike Snow, they've done lots of Britney Spears production. They went backwards from production…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/klaus-from-the-teddybears-bloodshy-and-avant-and-mike-snow-they-ve/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/diplo-9004_backwards_klaus-from-the-teddybears-bloodshy-and-a_2473539.png) > [It's cool to play the guitar, but to me it's even cooler to scratch a guitar backward and forward, to manipulate it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/it-s-cool-to-play-the-guitar-but-to-me-it-s-even-cooler-to-scratch-a/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/diplo-9004_backward_it-s-cool-to-play-the-guitar-but-to-me-i_1795556.png) > [Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/gucci-is-a-rapper-that-doesn-t-try-and-be-anything-he-s-not-he-s/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/diplo-9004_anything_gucci-is-a-rapper-that-doesn-t-try-and-b_51520.jpg) > [When I worked with M.I.A., who was, like, the coolest person back then, she was just a girl I met on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/when-i-worked-with-m-i-a-who-was-like-the-coolest-person-back-then/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/diplo-9004_always_when-i-worked-with-m-i-a-who-was-like-th_1253239.png) ## Other authors on Cool ## More by Diplo > [New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/new-york-is-so-serious-about-the-creation-of-work-everything-is/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [That's what I care about is the people I work with and representing them and helping to make their music apparent for the rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/that-s-what-i-care-about-is-the-people-i-work-with-and-representing/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all, but I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/gucci-is-a-rapper-that-doesn-t-try-and-be-anything-he-s-not-he-s/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [If kids can have some sort of social responsibility, that's cool. But if they're not actually having social responsibility, and they're kind of hiding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/if-kids-can-have-some-sort-of-social-responsibility-that-s-cool-but/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [It sucks for me, because now I have to not be as crazy as I am on the Internet. Which totally sucks, because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/it-sucks-for-me-because-now-i-have-to-not-be-as-crazy-as-i-am-on-the/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [I've probably got the most eclectic social media there is because it literally goes from hanging out with my son at a park, to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-ve-probably-got-the-most-eclectic-social-media-there-is-because-it/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/to-me-rap-music-is-bigger-than-who-s-the-coolest-rapper-the-biggest/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [I just love to collaborate with people who take my ideas real serious, and they don't put up walls around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-just-love-to-collaborate-with-people-who-take-my-ideas-real-serious/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [I was never good at scratching, but I was good at collecting old records. Florida was a great place for that, because it's where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-was-never-good-at-scratching-but-i-was-good-at-collecting-old/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/if-anybody-is-excited-about-my-music-that-s-all-i-care-about-i-care/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [Man, I don't got any real fans. Just fair-weather ones and groupies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/man-i-don-t-got-any-real-fans-just-fair-weather-ones-and-groupies/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-m-trying-to-always-do-new-things-because-if-you-stay-behind-and/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [Money, for me, is just to create bigger and better things. A lot of guys in the deejaying world flaunt it, but I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/money-for-me-is-just-to-create-bigger-and-better-things-a-lot-of-guys/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/i-was-playing-hip-hop-when-everybody-else-was-playing-the-giant-rave/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) > [New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diplo/new-york-feels-like-the-whole-city-is-into-dance-music-that-s-not-how/) [Diplo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diplo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cool/diplo/#itemlist", "name": "9 Cool Quotes By Diplo", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I used the name Diplo at one show when I was really young, and it just stuck. I never meant to keep it. 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