100 Quotes by DJ Premier

Jazz came from the streets, hip-hop came from the streets. It's just a different language. It's all borne out of hard times, struggle, and the fight to have equality and things be better.

Everything I do is in a New York state of mind. I'm indebted to preserving the sound of the city.

I'm a country boy.

I'm not really a comparison dude. Even when people say 'Big or Pac?,' because they're two totally different types of lyricists.

Everybody deserves a piece of where they live, in some type of fashion. Music is just my way of preserving that.

I know what a Gang Starr album that's done is supposed to sound like.

Guru always wanted to do what he called a 'chick record.' By coincidence, every time we did one, he was either breaking up with one or with a new girl that he loved.

I use whatever it takes to make the tracks identify what me and Guru are all about.

I'm all about competition; still am to this day. That's how you should be, but not with any malice. From Mike Will Made It to Boi-1da to Mike Zombie, I'm out to get 'em all and it's that friendly competition that keeps us all on our toes.