Me Quote by Paul Oakenfold

A turntable is the classic DJ's weapon for playing vinyl, but the mixer is the device that actually allows you to blend multiple tracks…

— Jonas Blue

I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer.

— Rza

My mom's an art teacher, so I always had music in the house. She always had records, and I was mesmerized by the mechanics…

— DJ Premier

When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.

— Duncan Sheik

My father was my first inspiration. He had an incredible stereo and a turntable, and I was told not to touch it. But I'd…

— Grandmaster Flash

I didn't have any sophisticated equipment at all. The equipment we had in the studio at the time was not intended to make music;…

— Pauline Oliveros

As an individual I was known as the DJ or the mixer.

— Grandmaster Flash

We had a simple 8-track studio set up in the record store where I worked. And just staying after work and experimenting, realizing what…

— Phil Elverum

There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut…

— Eric San

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

— Bonobo

I started making music by myself and figuring all of that on my own.

— Kali Uchis

I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a…

— Apparat