Jermaine Dupri Quotes

#1. In the Ferrari or Jaguar, switchin' four lanes
Wit' the top down screaming out money ain't a thang - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#2. I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#3. Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#4. I didn't invest in nothing, i just worked my butt off - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#5. All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#6. I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#7. People are just really overreacting. It's just feel good music. We at Virgin are in no way promoting sex or whatever these media outlets continue to print. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#8. We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#9. I go to clubs and if I notice the DJs are playing the records faster, then I'll push the beats a little on the next record I make. A lot of people don't know how to watch out for things like that. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#10. If you don't know by now, you're never going to know. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#11. They keep the song as street as it needs to be. It's got a good catchy hook where it can do what it needs to do on the radio, but they keep the song street where it will keep credibility in the hood. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#12. My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#13. When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#14. People always ask me how long somebody can last as long as I've been lasting and continue to keep doing it, so I figured that people didn't really know how to do that. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#15. So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#16. People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#17. I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage. - Author: Jermaine Dupri

#18. We're just welcoming people to our city. - Author: Jermaine Dupri