As a youngster, I lived in Philly for 12 years, and I would go up to New York to do shows and make money - it was the dream to maybe be able to survive there and live there. — Diplo Copy Share Image
The kids that are making the ghetto stuff I can't even reach are the ones that are inspiring me to play music for the other kids in the city they don't even know about. If I don't get those kids… — Diplo Copy Share Image
New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on… — Diplo Copy Share Image
That's what I care about is the people I work with and representing them and helping to make their music apparent for the rest… — Diplo Copy Share Image
Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all, but I'm… — Diplo Copy Share Image
If kids can have some sort of social responsibility, that's cool. But if they're not actually having social responsibility, and they're kind of hiding… — Diplo Copy Share Image
It sucks for me, because now I have to not be as crazy as I am on the Internet. Which totally sucks, because it's… — Diplo Copy Share Image
I've probably got the most eclectic social media there is because it literally goes from hanging out with my son at a park, to,… — Diplo Copy Share Image
To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality. — Diplo Copy Share Image
I just love to collaborate with people who take my ideas real serious, and they don't put up walls around them. — Diplo Copy Share Image
I was never good at scratching, but I was good at collecting old records. Florida was a great place for that, because it's where… — Diplo Copy Share Image
If anybody is excited about my music, that's all I care about. I care about people who are excited about new music. — Diplo Copy Share Image
I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind. — Diplo Copy Share Image
