--- title: "10 Gang Quotes By DJ Premier" description: "10 Gang quotes by DJ Premier. Plus more from DJ Premier and more Gang sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/dj-premier-5278_always_guru-always-titled-the-gang-starr-albums_2161751.jpg" --- > [Guru always titled the Gang Starr albums. But once it came to 'Hard to Earn,' he wanted me to title it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/guru-always-titled-the-gang-starr-albums-but-once-it-came-to-hard-to/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/dj-premier-5278_always_guru-always-titled-the-gang-starr-albums_2161751.jpg) > [I think the fact that Gang Starr kept getting more and more successful was the reason we never thought about our age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-think-the-fact-that-gang-starr-kept-getting-more-and-more/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/900/dj-premier-5278_age_i-think-the-fact-that-gang-starr-kept-ge_1337969.jpg) > [I listen to my early Gang Starr interviews, I'm like, damn I was really trying to sound like a New Yorker then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-listen-to-my-early-gang-starr-interviews-i-m-like-damn-i-was-really/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/dj-premier-5278_early_i-listen-to-my-early-gang-starr-intervie_2040939.jpg) > [I know what a Gang Starr album that's done is supposed to sound like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-know-what-a-gang-starr-album-that-s-done-is-supposed-to-sound-like/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/dj-premier-5278_album_i-know-what-a-gang-starr-album-that-s-do_2287097.jpg) > [Jazzmatazz' was Guru's thing, but Gang Starr was his baby. I don't care what anybody says. That dude loved Gang Starr.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/jazzmatazz-was-guru-s-thing-but-gang-starr-was-his-baby-i-don-t-care/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/dj-premier-5278_don-t-care_jazzmatazz-was-guru-s-thing-but-gang-sta_1634928.jpg) > [With 'Family and Loyalty,' I didn't already have an idea for that video. So I called Fab Five Freddy. I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/with-family-and-loyalty-i-didn-t-already-have-an-idea-for-that-video/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/dj-premier-5278_cinema_with-family-and-loyalty-i-didn-t-already_2542341.jpg) > [I've been sequencing all of my albums, from any Gang Starr stuff to Jeru to Group Home, all of it. I pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-ve-been-sequencing-all-of-my-albums-from-any-gang-starr-stuff-to/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/dj-premier-5278_always_i-ve-been-sequencing-all-of-my-albums-fr_2076476.jpg) > [The great thing was that both K-Ci and JoJo told me to not make an R&B track that was reminiscent of radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/the-great-thing-was-that-both-k-ci-and-jojo-told-me-to-not-make-an-r/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/dj-premier-5278_enough_the-great-thing-was-that-both-k-ci-and-j_2070098.jpg) > [All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/all-of-our-other-albums-were-consecutive-year-after-year-no-more-mr/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/dj-premier-5278_album_all-of-our-other-albums-were-consecutive_67084.jpg) > [The main thing is we never dissolved our Gang Starr contract. We are still signed to each other. We never disbanded the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/the-main-thing-is-we-never-dissolved-our-gang-starr-contract-we-are/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/dj-premier-5278_gang_the-main-thing-is-we-never-dissolved-our_2866220.jpg) ## Other authors on Gang ## More by DJ Premier > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/that-s-the-thing-with-social-media-it-s-a-gift-and-a-curse-it-s-cool/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [My crew used to listen to 'Taking It to the Top' by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/my-crew-used-to-listen-to-taking-it-to-the-top-by-jazzy-jeff-and-the/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard to Earn.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/all-of-our-other-albums-were-consecutive-year-after-year-no-more-mr/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/jazz-came-from-the-streets-hip-hop-came-from-the-streets-it-s-just-a/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [A lot of Friday nights, Guru and I would go kick it with Biggie, since he was just three blocks down from us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/a-lot-of-friday-nights-guru-and-i-would-go-kick-it-with-biggie-since/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [Guru's like Tupac. He just records and records and records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/guru-s-like-tupac-he-just-records-and-records-and-records/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [All my idols have been in the studio with me, because they wanted to be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/all-my-idols-have-been-in-the-studio-with-me-because-they-wanted-to/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [DWYCK' was only intended to be a B-side of 'Take It Personal,' because we had done a record with Nice & Smooth for their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/dwyck-was-only-intended-to-be-a-b-side-of-take-it-personal-because-we/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/guru-s-family-gave-me-a-piece-of-his-ashes-i-saw-the-gold-box-of/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-always-followed-my-heart-and-if-my-heart-said-i-gotta-pack-up-and/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [I believe in karma; what you do will come back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-believe-in-karma-what-you-do-will-come-back/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [Every now and then there might be a beat someone turned down that I have as an unused beat. But everything that predominantly matches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/every-now-and-then-there-might-be-a-beat-someone-turned-down-that-i/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-ve-always-cared-about-how-certain-songs-fade-into-other-ones-and/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-m-known-for-taking-a-long-time-getting-music-out-partially-my/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) > [I grew up in a town called Prairie View. It's like 45 minutes outside of Houston.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-premier/i-grew-up-in-a-town-called-prairie-view-it-s-like-45-minutes-outside/) [DJ Premier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-premier/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang/dj-premier/#itemlist", "name": "10 Gang Quotes By DJ Premier", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Guru always titled the Gang Starr albums. 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