Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do. — El-P Copy Share Image
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… — El-P Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is always moving. It's always looking for the next style; it's always trying to one-up the last person. — El-P Copy Share Image
I think that every record label has its trials and tribulations, its ups and downs. The only thing you can do is… — El-P Copy Share Image
If you are a good writer you use your life experience to do something different than someone who is 20-years-old can do.… — El-P Copy Share Image
Trying to separate myself from my instincts of pessimism and cut out and define what it is that I really do love,… — 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… — El-P Copy Share Image
I try to take a snapshot of who I am now, who I am becoming, as opposed to who I was when… — 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… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
Any issue and any problem, no matter what height you look at it from, no matter how much you extend past the first fractal,… — 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
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
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… — 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
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
I'm not really one of these people who's been known for particularly hopeful sentiments. — El-P Copy Share
I had a boom box with a dual cassette deck and a mic, so I used to make pause tapes. I think a lot… — El-P Copy Share
