Art Quote by DJ Premier Download Open image “I've never sampled just one artist, I'm known for my reputation and my creativity.” — DJ Premier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Creativity Never Reputation
I've been sampled at least 71 times. Me, James Brown and George Clinton, we're the ones who've been sampled the most. — Rudy Ray Moore Copy Share Image
You never know what can happen if you get sampled by the biggest artist in the world. — Frank Dukes Copy Share Image
I don't know, samples are just like unlimited ideas, you know? Sometimes a lot of people sample one song. A lot of it is… — Murda Beatz Copy Share Image
I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all. — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to… — Rick James Copy Share Image
People always try to pigeonhole you, especially the media, who are happy if they can label you as a particular kind of artist. But… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it… — Gotye Copy Share Image
I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record. — Christopher Cross Copy Share Image
Honestly, I still don't know a lot of artists, and I want to keep it that way for a while. I think that's why… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I think if I wanted to get to a point where I could actually grow in my music, I had to almost step away… — Big K.R.I.T 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 crew used to listen to 'Taking It to the Top' by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. — DJ Premier 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 to Earn.'… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A lot of Friday nights, Guru and I would go kick it with Biggie, since he was just three blocks down from us. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
All my idols have been in the studio with me, because they wanted to be there. — 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 for their… — 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 had the… — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
I always followed my heart and if my heart said I gotta pack up and go, I'm gone. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
