I don't have session players come in and guitars, I'm doing the drums, I'm doing the scratching, I'm doing every sound you hear and that's always been my way. And not only that, I'm very meticulous about it just sounding… — 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
