Dj Am Quotes

#1. My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.

Shanna Moakler

#2. He was an original, an innovator, and his influence will forever live on in our culture. Whether they know it or not, all DJs have been influenced by him. Thank you, DJ AM.

Clinton Sparks

#3. Those that weather the storm are the great ones.

DJ Khaled

#4. I was called Kool Dj Kurt Walker ... but they wanted tocall me Kurtis Blow.

Kurtis Blow

#5. Hip-hop is a competition culture. It's based around, "My DJ is better than you. My graffiti artist is better than you."

Ice-T

#6. I'd been DJ-ing in these clubs in N.Y. and I hated everything that was coming out. So I decided I would make it myself. People were making mash-ups or remixes, but I was extra bored, so I actually started remaking these records from scratch.

Mark Ronson

#7. Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Vikram Seth

#8. I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again.

DJ Shadow

#9. The music that I have always liked has always been more rooted in anger or sadness or alienation or any of those inspirational factors that drove rock'n'roll, gospel, and blues. I tend not to value a more pop aesthetic.

DJ Shadow

#10. Traditionally, with a DJ set, you just go hear DJ that has a good reputation and let the DJ take you somewhere. It was up to the DJ what he wanted to play. Typically in dance music, people didn't know most of the songs a DJ played.

A-Trak

#11. Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

Kurtis Blow

#12. I think whether dance music had exploded in America, I still would've been a DJ a long time. This is my first love.

A-Trak

#13. I think the key is - other icons told me this - you don't have to chase the money. The money is going to chase you. That's part of success. That's part of the blessings.

DJ Khaled

#14. Then again, when you were facing the right person? None of the things they talked about on television, no Vera Wang dress, no champagne waterfall, no DJ or place setting or party favor mattered. "'I,

J.R. Ward

#15. The key is to be honest. Be honest, but don't play yourself.

DJ Khaled

#16. When I wake up, I immediately pray. When I go to sleep, I pray. Honestly, a prayer every second, in every breath. I suggest the whole world to do it. Prayer is amazing.

DJ Khaled

#17. What's up, I'm DJ Danger. Some people might think it's dangerous to have an unbrella inside, but i am dangerous!

Joe Jonas

#18. You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part of your palette.

DJ Spooky

#19. Key to more success is a clean heart and a clean face.

DJ Khaled

#20. I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.

DJ Shadow

#21. As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

#22. I usually am very specific about how I engage information, how I engage people, what context I'm engaging and, above all, the research that goes into each of those.

DJ Spooky

#23. Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.

Will.i.am

#24. I am trying to walk a tightrope; trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.

David Guetta

#25. I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.

Jasper Carrott

#26. I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really describe what I do.

Kaskade

#27. I can be a badass DJ when I want, but I am also an insufferable music snob.

Rachel Cohn

#28. Some nightlife places, people aren't there for the music, and it's depressing. I'm not just a club DJ; I am a producer, and I'll only DJ when the crowd is there to enjoy the music.

Ansel Elgort

#29. As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board of the venue.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

#30. I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.

Afrika Bambaataa

#31. If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.

DJ Qualls

#32. The idea of a visual icon that gives you a sense of information very quickly and that you can easily just say "That's what the style is."

DJ Spooky

#33. Then I just moved into being a DJ when that turned into the hottest thing.

Jam Master Jay

#34. So important to keep the pathway of success clean.

DJ Khaled

#35. The most important thing is how you program and how you choose your records. That really does sort out who is a good DJ and who is just playing records.

John Digweed

#36. I grew up in a town with no movie theater. TV was my only link to the outside world. Film wasn't such a big deal to me. It was TV. So much so, that when I meet TV stars now ... Not my co-workers, but real TV stars, I get nervous. I freak out around them.

DJ Qualls

#37. 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 and creating a party vibe that's different than just listening to anybody's playlist. It's the only way to truly be big and respected in your craft.

TyDi

#38. My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my dad was on it.

Chad Channing

#39. Any good album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra.

DJ Shadow

#40. I think that the audience intuitively understands the idea of sampling and remixing stories. That's why electronic music is global.

DJ Spooky

#41. One of my keys to success is a lot of pillows. I feel like a lot of pillows is important to relax each piece of your body.

DJ Khaled

#42. Tell me about Gang Starr,' said Nishant, in an effort to start a conversation I'd be interested in.
'One MC, one DJ ... '
'Classic combo,' Anand affirmed.
'No hype man?'
'No.'
'What do we need Anand for?' Nishant shrugged, ever the pragmatist, never the catcher of feelings.

Nikesh Shukla

#43. In life everyone has a choice. The key is: make a right choice.

DJ Khaled

#44. I really admire David Guetta; he's an unbelievable DJ and I love his style, his music and everything like that. So I look up to him.

Pauly D

#45. The conventional wisdom of fandom is that you must give your fans anything they want. But I've never felt that that's a healthy attitude - and that comes from being a Star Wars fan.

DJ Shadow

#46. I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything.

DJ Shadow

#47. As a producer, you're pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

#48. When I think about the stuff I turned down it's kind of insane.

DJ Shadow

#49. Technology makes good DJ's better, but also allows your average person to think they're a DJ, and unfortunately there's no checks and balances about people making it a career.

Neil Armstrong

#50. I hit the dance floor, wincing a little bit as the DJ looped feedback through the throbbing of a useless song about someone playing poker with his face or something.

Lili St. Crow

#51. She looks like a fairy tale, but yet feels so natural (natural, natural, natural)
This one's a beast, but way to wonderful to be compared to an animal

DJ Drama

#52. If most of what we see via the media is not live, it must be edited: sifted for value, interpreted and re-presented for our convenience. We live in a disco, and the DJ is in charge.

Rian Hughes

#53. DJ Qualls and I have been best friends for I don't even know how long - since I was a kid, 14, 15, many, many years.

Nikki Reed

#54. One of my favorite songs is by Mavado. The song is called "Progress." It's something that I work out to every day. Progress is definitely the answer.

DJ Khaled

#55. Leaning to the side but you can't speed through;
2 miles an hour so everybody sees you.

DJ Jazzy Jeff

#56. DJ Sliink is amazing, and his production is on the next level. There are a lot of EDM producers that I'd like to work with, not for the sake of having an engineered record, but for the fact that I love their production and music.

Travie McCoy

#57. Seeing bored-looking fans staring at you while you DJ is about as horrible as it gets.

Boy George

#58. I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects.

DJ Khaled

#59. Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets
And dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness
I Bet that You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Arctic Monkeys

#60. DJ Tiesto was my first inspiration. I heard him play at the Olympics in 2004 and from that moment on I knew I wanted to make music and become a DJ. I made a bootleg of a track by Enrique Iglesias called Tonight.

Martin Garrix