Friday Quote by DJ Premier

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

My crew used to listen to 'Taking It to the Top' by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.

— DJ Premier

All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard to Earn.'…

— DJ Premier

Jazz came from the streets, hip-hop came from the streets. It's just a different language. It's all borne out of hard times, struggle, and…

— DJ Premier

Guru's like Tupac. He just records and records and records.

— DJ Premier

All my idols have been in the studio with me, because they wanted to be there.

— DJ Premier

DWYCK' was only intended to be a B-side of 'Take It Personal,' because we had done a record with Nice & Smooth for their…

— DJ Premier

Guru's family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we had the…

— DJ Premier

I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone.

— DJ Premier

I believe in karma; what you do will come back.

— DJ Premier

Every now and then there might be a beat someone turned down that I have as an unused beat. But everything that predominantly matches…

— DJ Premier

I've always cared about how certain songs fade into other ones and which songs should follow others. I studied that as a consumer and…

— DJ Premier