There's a lot of producers that are much more technical or gear-skilled than I am. But I have a pure idea of what I like and where I want to go and I follow that.

It's always important to me to play something other DJs aren't playing.

That's what a DJ is at the end of the day - someone who leads where the music goes. The only thing that's changed is that in America, people have woken up in the last few years and realized it.

I love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation.

I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear that all the time.

There's a ton of amazing music that's not getting heard.

A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.

When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.

I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.

We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn't designed to work. But it's fun.

It's a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It's like personal integrity.

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

To the young man a kind of worship of some power outside himself is essential. one has strength and enthusiasm and wants gods to worship.

Dialogue can help you find out if you’ve been brainwashed or not.

I carry one black mascara and one brown.

We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.

For me, the most difficult piece is the one I'm about to make.

One aged man - one man - can't fill a house.

Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

Nature's what it's all about, but our people have been brainwashed into thinking that life is a cell phone against your head and the TV on a beer commercial with hot chicks.