DJ Premier

I like soul, I like rock, I like new wave, I like punk music, I like blues, I like jazz, and I was brought up on all of them from a young boy all the way to my teenage years, when I was wild and crazy, in college. ”

If you don't have any Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme' will do it for you. It will explain everything. Even if you don't get it, it will still explain everything. That's how deep it is. ”

I'm a big rock 'n' roll head, I love country music, I love yodeling music. But I'm still black and funky. ”

I love heavy metal, Metallica. I'm into Jefferson Starship and acid rock. ”

I was a heavy kid, even though I was into sports and very active. ”

The majority of my life is spent doing nothing but godly things, especially when it comes to dealing with other people. ”

The ghetto music of my era is hip-hop. And Parliament, and Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, that was all the ghetto stuff when I was a baby, and then when I was a teenager it was hip-hop and we were taking all those old '70s sounds and recreating them and putting them into a hip-hop format. ”

I'm known for taking a long time getting music out, partially, my schedule is bananas, I'm only human, and then on top of that, I'm a one-man-producer. ”

My crew used to listen to 'Taking It to the Top' by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. ”

Bad Name' is just that head-nod, traditional loop over a breakbeat, chopped up, and it sounds like the way I do my thing. ”