Arcade Quote by Adrian Younge

In high school I was making beats for my friends and for myself and rapping over them.

— Mike Shinoda

I started making beats when I was 13.

— Metro Boomin

I wanted to rap, but I needed beats. I couldn't buy any, so I just made my own.

— Metro Boomin

I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I…

— Diplo

This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll.

— Eddie Vedder

I started making beats when I was nine in my bedroom and garage.

— MNEK

When I was a youngster, I might have been about 17 or 18 when I first started making beats.

— Zaytoven

I started making beats in high school.

— Kenny Beats

Hip hop has evolved, thankfully. Kids are making music that is important to their lives and outlooks.

— Erik Parker

I was probably like 13 years old, 14. And I used to walk home doing the beatbox from school. That's how I created it.…

— Doug E. Fresh

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…

— Diplo

When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.

— Flying Lotus