El-P Quotes

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• Hip-hop is always moving. It's always looking for the next style; it's always trying to one-up the last person.
• I'm trying to consciously evolve myself. I have no delusions of grandeur.
• I don't have any delusions of grandeur. I just want to make music that doesn't make me bored.
• There's a responsibility as a musician to do the music that you want to hear.
• Change is a direct element of hip-hop. That's the whole thing with style.
• I can't sit in the same place. I gotta keep going.
• My whole mode is to do what I want to do and let people understand me through that.
• The crews that are going to be self-produced are going to make the great albums, as opposed to making these mix-tapes, these compilations - "Me…
• I think that every record label has its trials and tribulations, its ups and downs. The only thing you can do is hope to recognize…
• When we're putting out records that people are responding to, it's amazing. And it's obviously what we shoot for every time. It's a tricky balancing…
• I always wanted to do a deal with Russell Simmons, and now I've got my signature on a piece of paper with his.
• The fact of the matter is, if you're not putting out stuff that people are feeling, then your record label doesn't mean a goddamn thing.
• I've been approached by major labels every single year of my existence as an artist. Since 1996.
• Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.
• As you get bigger, your staff gets bigger, and your costs get bigger.
• I've always believed that if you cannot do it, then you should not do it.Only when it comes to the point where you've literally dug…
• The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your corporate parent. Basically,…
• I think branching out is cool, but I think that you have to branch out in a way that makes some sort of organic sense.…
• I'm a fan of some of the hyphy stuff. Hyphy has been going on a lot longer than the press has been recognizing it.
• A good rapper is a good rapper, a good album is a good album. I don't think anyone is inherently good.

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