Frankie Knuckles

The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked…

— Frankie Knuckles

I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.

— Frankie Knuckles

I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.

— Frankie Knuckles

I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

— Frankie Knuckles

There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and…

— Frankie Knuckles

I believe it also says that I am a friend to everyone and enemy to no one.

— Frankie Knuckles

The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything…

— Frankie Knuckles

There is always a point in the party where I wouldn't say I have people in the palm of my hands, but…

— Frankie Knuckles

When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.

— Frankie Knuckles

I used to tell myself when I was much younger that I didn't want to wake up one day and be 32…

— Frankie Knuckles

The music is everything to me.

— Frankie Knuckles

I have worked with a lot of different great people. One of the things my partner, my manager Judy Weinstein, instilled in…

— Frankie Knuckles

I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men.

— Frankie Knuckles

I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women.

— Frankie Knuckles

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

— Frankie Knuckles

House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.

— Frankie Knuckles

A friend of mine that happened to be a DJ at another club actually offered me a job [as a DJ]. I…

— Frankie Knuckles

I'm of the mind that your private life is private and you don't need to put everything out there about yourself -…

— Frankie Knuckles

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace.

— Frankie Knuckles

Well technology has changed a lot of things, making it possible for just about anyone to make music. But not everybody is…

— Frankie Knuckles

I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it…

— Frankie Knuckles

Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a…

— Frankie Knuckles

I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of…

— Frankie Knuckles