Black Quote by Mark Ronson

Before this DJ thing, I was hopelessly taking things apart to try to figure out how they worked. I'd go mess around with burned-out…

— Grandmaster Flash

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

— Bonobo

I've always strived to find those records that people don't know, but they actually go "Wow, what is this?" - and they go crazy…

— John Digweed

When you a young kid at that age at that time, and you know that you got talent as far as hip hop, you…

— Raekwon

Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.

— J Balvin

Traditionally, with a DJ set, you just go hear DJ that has a good reputation and let the DJ take you somewhere. It was…

— A-Trak

My dad used to DJ too, so we used to hear music all the time.

— Jme

There aren't that many songs that pay homage to the DJ. They are the ones getting artists' music out there. They are the ones…

— Tila Tequila

The moment we started DJing in Vegas, back in 2011, the crowd had no idea what dance music was.

— Hardwell

DJ-ing itself is not just about playing songs. The art of DJ-ing is presenting new songs to the crowd that they haven't heard before…

— TyDi

I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.

— Statik Selektah

That's something I want people to know, that I am a real DJ. I started as a DJ before I was even a producer.

— Hardwell