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 for me. — 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 hop music was surrounding you with the hip hop culture, and it felt natural. I was a really… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Any issue and any problem, no matter what height you look at it from, no matter how much you extend past the first fractal, it's still a fractal of something that emanates from within your consciousness - from within the human consciousness. And it'll move on and manifest itself externally, and then those are what we pick up as societal… — 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 Image
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 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 music, it would have been writing, or it would have been maybe painting. I just always had the drive to try and make something with my hands and to just pull something out of myself and shape 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 Image
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 Image
I'm not really one of these people who's been known for particularly hopeful sentiments. — El-P Copy Share Image
