Christmas Quote by Kurtis Blow

I started DJ-ing in the '90s. DJ-ing is in every record I do. When I make records I make them for DJs.

— Lil Jon

I think, back in the day, when I was first starting to make music, all I wanted to do was to get a record…

— G-Eazy

I've been rapping since 1979.

— Coolio

I had a record deal with Sony in the beginning of the 90s, and I was rapping and singing in my band.

— Volker Bertelmann

I was a musician first, the whole DJ-ing came after.

— Bonobo

In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn't kick until '67.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Well, I tried to get a record deal in 1966 or '67, and everyone thought I was too eclectic.

— Carly Simon

I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I…

— Diplo

When I was 16, I was rapping just to rap.

— Tierra Whack

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

— Sarah Harding

By the late '80s, I was already giving up on rap music.

— Chuck Eddy

I come from a musical family but never tapped into it until I was thrown into a DJing gig during college.

— Hannah Bronfman