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I was never really a DJ... I just kinda figured it all out at once as I started to tour. I was making music…

— Skrillex

I played in every single bar and small club in Holland and I've been DJing and producing for more than 12 years.

— Hardwell

When I graduated from high school, I became a DJ in a club, a local hang-out called Eve After Dark.

— DJ Yella

I've been DJing since I was in high school.

— Virgil Abloh

I didn't DJ at Liverpool's Ruby Sky nightclub but a couple of newspapers said how great my DJ set was, and how I've straightened…

— Shaun Ryder

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

— Bonobo

When I started, DJs weren't in the media, electronic music wasn't in the sales charts and a DJ was the freak in the corner…

— Paul van Dyk

I was a DJ in college and had my own punk music-focused show all four years.

— Matt Besser

I love DJing and being asked to DJ at the Ocean Beach club was something I couldn't refuse; once I got on the decks…

— Vogue Williams

Too many DJs today want to be the headline act without ever knowing what it takes to be the local DJ who's busting his…

— Hardwell

I think not having come from the DJ world was an asset to me at first because I didn't have some of the habits…

— Porter Robinson

I started DJing when I was, like, 11.

— Mustard