I'm cool with Dr. Dre, I have his phone number, and he picks up when I call. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
When you have a deep focus, you can't go wrong at all. Not when you're an expert at what you do. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I would always have turntable elements in my records even if it was just one scratch. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I know what a Gang Starr album that's done is supposed to sound like. — DJ Premier Album Copy Share Image
I'm not a tough guy, but I'll throw down just like the rest of them if I have to. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
If I feel like something needs to be updated, I'll break my neck to outdo the original. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I don't shop beats. That was never my method coming up. I think it's very strange to have a CD of 30… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Jay Z and Biggie and Nas always listened to my direction. They listened and they applied it and I also listened to… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I'm from the pre-Pro Tools era where you had to meet up with the artist and go over things if you wanted… — DJ Premier Art Copy Share Image
Guru always wanted to do what he called a 'chick record.' By coincidence, every time we did one, he was either breaking… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
God knows I'm a good guy, I'm known in the industry as a good guy. I'm not known to be a foul,… — DJ Premier Evil Copy Share Image
All the Public Enemy albums, I knew what records they were sampling but was like, 'How'd they construct it like this?!' — DJ Premier Albums Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Jazzmatazz' was Guru's thing, but Gang Starr was his baby. I don't care what anybody says. That dude loved Gang Starr. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I remember going backstage on a random night and Kanye goes, 'Ayo Premier, I'm about to drop an album called 'College Dropout'… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Guru's family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we… — DJ Premier Ashes Copy Share Image
All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard… — DJ Premier Album Copy Share Image
Lil Wayne, I ain't mad at him man, he did his thing, he stepped up his lyrical game, he the most improved… — DJ Premier Childhood Copy Share Image
Guru was actually who A&R'd and got Lord Finesse signed because he used to listen to the demos at Wild Pitch. And… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I like soul, I like rock, I like new wave, I like punk music, I like blues, I like jazz, and I… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
DWYCK' was only intended to be a B-side of 'Take It Personal,' because we had done a record with Nice & Smooth… — DJ Premier Being Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can't go to the hood, it's almost like you're not authentic, even if you're a… — DJ Premier Art Copy Share Image
Dre is someone I've looked up to since 1985 when he came to my college and performed with The Wrecking Crew. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Guru and I had a house in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for a while and we used to have wild parties there when… — DJ Premier Brooklyn Copy Share Image
I can't make the new generation like me, because they didn't grow up on me. So I stick to what I know. — DJ Premier Generation Copy Share Image
I'm known for taking a long time getting music out, partially, my schedule is bananas, I'm only human, and then on top… — DJ Premier Human Copy Share Image
Actually, for 'Family & Loyalty' I wanted Drake on the track but he was about to go on tour for his Scorpion… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I've been listening to Herbie Hancock forever. He's gone through so many transitions, even before bringing hip-hop to the forefront with 'Rockit'… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I listen to my early Gang Starr interviews, I'm like, damn I was really trying to sound like a New Yorker then. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I think the fact that Gang Starr kept getting more and more successful was the reason we never thought about our age. — DJ Premier Age Copy Share Image
Guru always titled the Gang Starr albums. But once it came to 'Hard to Earn,' he wanted me to title it. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
Black men, we're known for getting into some drama with other black men, specifically black-on-black crime. We're used to the confrontational attitude. — DJ Premier Attitude Copy Share Image
That's the thing with social media: it's a gift and a curse. It's cool on one level, but it's also bad. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
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 Art Copy Share Image
I came out with sounds that didn't sound like the usual hip-hop beat. I took that chance because no one would identify… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I'm a big rock 'n' roll head, I love country music, I love yodeling music. But I'm still black and funky. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
