Song Quotes by DJ Premier

You have to know who you're making music for.

— DJ Premier

When I miss Guru, I bump one of our records. Then I shed a tear and get back to work.

— DJ Premier

I use whatever it takes to make the tracks identify what me and Guru are all about.

— DJ Premier

All music is good music, if it touches your soul.

— DJ Premier

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

— DJ Premier

Everybody deserves a piece of where they live, in some type of fashion. Music is just my way of preserving that.

— 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…

— DJ Premier

Bad Name' is just that head-nod, traditional loop over a breakbeat, chopped up, and it sounds like the way I do my…

— DJ Premier

My mom's an art teacher, so I always had music in the house. She always had records, and I was mesmerized by…

— DJ Premier

If you don't have any Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme' will do it for you. It will explain everything. Even if you don't…

— DJ Premier

The great thing was that both K-Ci and JoJo told me to not make an R&B track that was reminiscent of radio…

— DJ Premier

I like soul, I like rock, I like new wave, I like punk music, I like blues, I like jazz, and I…

— DJ Premier

I don't want to follow the map of what the music industry does because I've already lived the industry and I still…

— DJ Premier

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…

— DJ Premier