39 Quotes by A-Trak

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.

There are things I like, there are things I strongly dislike. In my DJ sets and in my production I just gravitate towards what I like.

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

I'm not even a trained producer. I just keep following my ear and working on stuff until it sounds the way I like it.

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 are producers that have been my friends for many years that I'm still a big fan of, from Boyz Noize to solo acts. Justice. It really varies. All the way to like...sometimes I'll just find some dude out of Chicago that makes a great house song. I'm feeling a lot of the deep house stuff, Jamie Jones.

What's amazing about a DJ set is when you're able to re-appropriate a song or give purpose to a song that people didn't really think it was supposed to have. Give it this sort of hidden power by playing it before this song and after that one. That it fits into this logic and it goes farther than you thought it could go.

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

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