Blow Quote by Afrika Bambaataa

The first time I was exposed to dance music was through my friend Noah who played me a mixtape of stuff he'd been listening…

— Matthew Koma

For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was trial and…

— Washed Out

My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.

— Washed Out

I'm not denying that in the world there's been some tremendous musical happenings, like DJ Shadow or whatever, that kind of thing. But when…

— Paul Morley

In the very beginning, I kind of had this hip-hop, cut-and-paste approach to music. The first record, especially, was from looking at people like…

— Bonobo

There's a lot of people over time who have brought out all these funky records that everybody has started jumping on like a catch…

— Afrika Bambaataa

I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.

— Afrika Bambaataa

The Simi gots some barbecue sauce in her bag. It kind of looks like blood if you squint at it the right way. And…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.

— Scott McClanahan

James Brown was my favorite, my absolute idol. Every time I played with him was like a music lesson, and I never thought I…

— Paul Shaffer

Get off the beaten path... If you want to find those mom-and-pop joints, those funky little places, just ask around.

— Guy Fieri

I'm kind of a creature of the alt-weekly universe - my real education into higher culture was acquired in coffee shops, reading those papers,…

— Charles D'Ambrosio