115 Quotes by Damon Dash

I lost my girl a couple years back, Aaliyah, in a plane crash. I wasn't expecting that, and also, my mother died, and at the time, my father wasn't in my life; the only person that took care of me was my mom.

I'm never gonna owe money because every time I get a dollar, I put it into another business, whether it's to buy goods or develop other companies. You don't have money; you have companies. That's one business model. That's mine. And I only associate with other people that are putting up their own money, 'cause they're the only ones that can relate.

I never really considered myself super hip-hop, ever in life. I don't think anything that I've done reflects that.

I think one of the most important things in evolving is forgiveness.

I don't like to be considered a 'hip-hop mogul.' I don't know what that means.

I don't think my success or me having the opportunity to have success is from our generation. I think it's from the generations before us. I think it's the fact that people like Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers and people like that fought for us to have the freedom to do and say what we want and have the opportunity to make money.

It's very rare that a person, especially in his twenties and thirties, can do more than one business and do it well.

I work hard, so I surround myself with people that work just as hard. It's important if you want to create a successful brand.

When my children look and ask about what I do, they know I'm the boss.