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AFRIKA BAMBAATAA As an individual I was known as the DJ or the mixer.
GRANDMASTER FLASH I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term t...
MARK RONSON I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thi...
KASKADE I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.
AFROJACK It will be great to have a fashion career during and after my DJ career.
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Some nightlife places, people aren't there for the music, and it's depressing. I'm not j...
ANSEL ELGORT I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will b...
ZEDD I'm not a DJ - I don't know how to scratch or mix records, but I know how to party, and I kn...
AMBER ROSE I was the first DJ to make the turntable an instrument.
GRANDMASTER FLASH The DJ still has the relationship with the people, I believe. I don't know to call the DJ 't...
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD My contribution is: I was the first DJ to make the turntable an instrument.
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YUNA Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.
SHANNYN SOSSAMON I'm a DJ, but I'm also a ridiculously high-grossing musician due to doing productions.
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I'm a DJ. I get the party started.
AVICII I love the whole DJ vibe thing.
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I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs.
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STORMZY I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.
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TALIB KWELI Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
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Praise, if you don't swallow it, can't hurt you.
ANONYMOUS I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.
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Humility is the ability to look appropriately shy while explaining to people how wonderful we are.
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DANNY MASTERSON I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it d...
KASKADE I liken him a little bit to DJ. They go after things the same way,
SONNY SIXKILLER![]()
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ARMIN VAN BUUREN As a halfway decent college DJ, I had been exposed to some great progressive stuff and always took p...
MICK FOLEY I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I...
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WINNIE HARLOW![]()
I'm in a car so much on tour that I often just ask my friends to DJ and ask them what they like....
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To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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I'm off to club bed, featuring DJ Pillow and MC Blanky.
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CELIA HIRSCHMAN I collect records pretty assiduously, so I've got, like, a massive record collection. I still DJ...
WILSON BETHEL My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my d...
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TY DOLLA SIGN I like Future, Young Thug, Mike WiLL, DJ Spinz, Metro Boomin, Drake, Kendrick.
TY DOLLA SIGN Because I want to be remembered.
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JHENE AIKO I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want t...
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GEORGIE FAME "Within every creative idiom one finds a range of endeavors that inform, encompass and at times defi...
DJ GARRITY I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Th...
DIPLO I was called Kool Dj Kurt Walker... but they wanted tocall me Kurtis Blow.
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CLINTON SPARKS For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me &#...
AFROJACK I've always been fascinated with radio and broadcasting. I did fake radio shows as a kid, where ...
SCOTT AUKERMAN![]()
To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD When you DJ, you're just on your own, which is nice because there's no argument.
PETER HOOK I like a challenge. I need to feel passionate about something. If I'm not passionate about it, I...
TIESTO![]()
Then I just moved into being a DJ when that turned into the hottest thing.
JAM MASTER JAY![]()
Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after di...
WILL.I.AM![]()
I think it's difficult to say what exactly made me become a successful DJ. It depends on so many...
MARTIN GARRIX God is a DJ, and life is a dance floor. There are people who play records and there are DJ's who blo...
LILY CHATTERJEE We were jazz musicians in the early days. But as soon as we brought in the DJ, the shows turned from...
FELIX RIEBL![]()
I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible.
PEP GUARDIOLA It's kind of like a DJ doing good fades from one song to the next.
LARRY WELLS It would be a mixture of old classic style, but instead of congas and chimes you'd have someone maki...
DAVE WAKELING If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are...
AHMED ALI ANJUM I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture...
MOHANDAS GANDHI Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
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Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA I'm a fashion designer. I don't want to be defined as someone's girlfriend.
L'WREN SCOTT I am trying to walk a tightrope; trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the me...
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You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear w...
ICE T![]()
I am very happy for DJ, ... As a former teammate and friend, Dennis is a good person and I am sure h...
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LARRY BIRD![]()
All that you think is rain is not. Behind the veil angels sometimes weep.
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DJ JAZZY JEFF![]()
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LINDSAY WHALEN Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decision...
YANDEL I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't...
LULU I see it as a compliment to be compared to someone like Sharapova who has won five Slams. She's ...
EUGENIE BOUCHARD A DJ can't just play one song. It's about playing a set, or how you connect songs in those t...
ZEDD![]()
I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute M...
JASPER CARROTT I want people to believe in themselves. I want intellectual curiosity. I want someone who realizes t...
KEVIN PLANK I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be like...
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My brain is a big cluster of stuff. It moves quickly and loses focus quickly, so I need many project...
ALEXA CHUNG As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don&#...
PATRICK DEWITT
DAVID GUETTA I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA As an individual I was known as the DJ or the mixer.
GRANDMASTER FLASH I made my name and reputation DJing in hip-hop clubs in New York. 'Celebrity DJ' is a term t...
MARK RONSON I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thi...
KASKADE I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.
AFROJACK It will be great to have a fashion career during and after my DJ career.
TIESTO
Some nightlife places, people aren't there for the music, and it's depressing. I'm not j... ANSEL ELGORT I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will b...
ZEDD I'm not a DJ - I don't know how to scratch or mix records, but I know how to party, and I kn...
AMBER ROSE I was the first DJ to make the turntable an instrument.
GRANDMASTER FLASH The DJ still has the relationship with the people, I believe. I don't know to call the DJ 't...
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD My contribution is: I was the first DJ to make the turntable an instrument.
GRANDMASTER FLASH I basically taught myself how to DJ, but I've been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I...
PAULY D
Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment ... CHUCK D
I was truly honored to work with legendary DJ and producer DJ Premier. I still can't believe I h... YUNA Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.
SHANNYN SOSSAMON I'm a DJ, but I'm also a ridiculously high-grossing musician due to doing productions.
AFROJACK I was in Fort Lauderdale from about age 7 to 14. And that's where I learned the most about music...
DIPLO
I'm a DJ. I get the party started. AVICII I love the whole DJ vibe thing.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON Music has always been an inspiring factor in my work, and this piece portrays a DJ performing his cr...
DAREN CAUSEY
I DJ and I'm a harsh critic of DJs. RUSSELL PETERS I really admire David Guetta; he's an unbelievable DJ and I love his style, his music and everyt...
PAULY D
Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional baseball player instead of a radio DJ. Believe it... CASEY KASEM
I was MCing in the playground, spitting lyrics over mobile phones - Sony Ericsson, Walkmans, W810s, ... STORMZY I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.
AL WALSER
I threw my son, Brandon, a rave for his birthday and I fully set it up like a crazy rave with lights... TOMMY LEE
If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a ... TALIB KWELI Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
BILAL SAIF My contribution to this whole thing is I was the first DJ to take an inanimate object called the tur...
GRANDMASTER FLASH
Praise, if you don't swallow it, can't hurt you. ANONYMOUS I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.
ANONYMUS
Humility is the ability to look appropriately shy while explaining to people how wonderful we are. ANONYMOUS I would DJ pool parties in Minneapolis, but I never swam there!
BARKHAD ABDI I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music ...
GABRIELLE APLIN CDs made by a DJ.
ERIK CHRISTENSEN I am a club DJ. I am not a pop star,
NORMAN COOK I'm not a DJ, I don't know how to scratch and I don't know how to mix, but I do know how...
AMBER ROSE I love the DJ scene out in the clubs. It is a great way to party and make people happy, the atmosphe...
DANNY MASTERSON I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it d...
KASKADE I liken him a little bit to DJ. They go after things the same way,
SONNY SIXKILLER
I never wanted to just press play on some DJ set and let the lights do all the work. I value old-fas... WASHED OUT As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I re...
ARMIN VAN BUUREN As a halfway decent college DJ, I had been exposed to some great progressive stuff and always took p...
MICK FOLEY I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I...
DAN HILL Even as a little girl, my mom never wanted me to watch BET, but when I was at my grandparents' h...
WINNIE HARLOW
I'm in a car so much on tour that I often just ask my friends to DJ and ask them what they like.... BEN HOPKINS
To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
I'm off to club bed, featuring DJ Pillow and MC Blanky. ANONYMOUS Radio provides a place for me to not be alone. I still subscribe to the idea that I listen to a DJ b...
CELIA HIRSCHMAN I collect records pretty assiduously, so I've got, like, a massive record collection. I still DJ...
WILSON BETHEL My dad being a DJ, I heard all the hits, no matter what. My mom always had on the radio because my d...
CHAD CHANNING J Dilla is the top producer of all time, in my book, alongside Timbaland and Pharrell. Then DJ Musta...
TY DOLLA SIGN I like Future, Young Thug, Mike WiLL, DJ Spinz, Metro Boomin, Drake, Kendrick.
TY DOLLA SIGN Because I want to be remembered.
SHERMAN ALEXIE You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' b...
JHENE AIKO I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want t...
JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY Suckle was the first West Indian DJ and he had this fantastic source of music.
GEORGIE FAME "Within every creative idiom one finds a range of endeavors that inform, encompass and at times defi...
DJ GARRITY I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Th...
DIPLO I was called Kool Dj Kurt Walker... but they wanted tocall me Kurtis Blow.
KURTIS BLOW I have been DJing in clubs for years. I always dreamed to be a famous DJ in Holland. And now it'...
TIESTO He was an original, an innovator, and his influence will forever live on in our culture. Whether the...
CLINTON SPARKS For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me &#...
AFROJACK I've always been fascinated with radio and broadcasting. I did fake radio shows as a kid, where ...
SCOTT AUKERMAN
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD When you DJ, you're just on your own, which is nice because there's no argument.
PETER HOOK I like a challenge. I need to feel passionate about something. If I'm not passionate about it, I...
TIESTO
Then I just moved into being a DJ when that turned into the hottest thing. JAM MASTER JAY
Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after di... WILL.I.AM
I think it's difficult to say what exactly made me become a successful DJ. It depends on so many... MARTIN GARRIX God is a DJ, and life is a dance floor. There are people who play records and there are DJ's who blo...
LILY CHATTERJEE We were jazz musicians in the early days. But as soon as we brought in the DJ, the shows turned from...
FELIX RIEBL
I don't want preconceptions. I want to learn as much as possible. PEP GUARDIOLA It's kind of like a DJ doing good fades from one song to the next.
LARRY WELLS It would be a mixture of old classic style, but instead of congas and chimes you'd have someone maki...
DAVE WAKELING If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are...
AHMED ALI ANJUM I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture...
MOHANDAS GANDHI Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI
Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I'm a fashion designer. I don't want to be defined as someone's girlfriend.
L'WREN SCOTT I am trying to walk a tightrope; trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the me...
DAVID GUETTA
You have the core hip-hop, which would just be beats and breaks, more something like what you hear w... ICE T
I am very happy for DJ, ... As a former teammate and friend, Dennis is a good person and I am sure h... LARRY BIRD
I am very happy for DJ. As a former teammate and friend, Dennis is a good person and I am sure he wi... LARRY BIRD
All that you think is rain is not. Behind the veil angels sometimes weep. JALAL AD-DIN RUMI
As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at... DJ JAZZY JEFF
I have a rescue dog named Walter, and Walter and I are such fans of the 'Jersey Shore' that ... STEVE-O
I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who ... MALALA YOUSAFZAI As much as I try to add pizazz and flare, which makes the game great, there is a lot to be said abou...
LINDSAY WHALEN Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decision...
YANDEL I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't...
LULU I see it as a compliment to be compared to someone like Sharapova who has won five Slams. She's ...
EUGENIE BOUCHARD A DJ can't just play one song. It's about playing a set, or how you connect songs in those t...
ZEDD
I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute M... JASPER CARROTT I want people to believe in themselves. I want intellectual curiosity. I want someone who realizes t...
KEVIN PLANK I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be like...
EDDIE MARSAN
My brain is a big cluster of stuff. It moves quickly and loses focus quickly, so I need many project... ALEXA CHUNG As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don&#...
PATRICK DEWITT
