DJ Premier

Guru died tragically and there were so many rumors about how he went out. I got to see him in the hospital right before he passed, and one of the last things I said to him before I walked out of the room was that I was going to make sure that his family was straight. ”

The passing of my accountant, Mary Coleman, who was the first person I shouted out on 'In Memory of...' was particularly devastating for me. She was beyond my accountant. She was my mother away from home. ”

I'm a very spiritual guy. ”

My musical knowledge goes beyond hip-hop. ”

I'm from the pre-Pro Tools era where you had to meet up with the artist and go over things if you wanted to record a track. ”

I think the fact that Gang Starr kept getting more and more successful was the reason we never thought about our age. ”

Me and Tupac were long-time friends. ”

Anyone from our era knows that Guru was in every club and every bar and every spot. He could go all night, all day. And he would never be tired! ”

I get up early all the time. ”

The Nike joint 'Classic' with Kanye, Nas, KRS-One, that was a remix - Rick Rubin did the original, and his was a double-time tempo; mine was a regular boom-bap tempo, and they liked it so much that we ended up doing the video to it. ”