94 Quotes by Diplo

My first production job after M.I.A. was actually the xx, but they didn't like what I did, and at the end of the day, we used their demos.

Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture.

To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality.

Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all, but I'm just a fan and have been one since day one. Gucci Mane is the cool uncle I never had, even though I'm sure I'm probably older than him.

You can never figure out what the future sounds like. As soon as you make it, it's the past.

I used to be a record collector. Mark Ronson, Questlove and I used to be part of, like, a record-trading crew.

Klaus from the Teddybears, Bloodshy and Avant and Mike Snow, they've done lots of Britney Spears production. They went backwards from production to being in a band, which might be cool. I might do that, too, one day.

All I know is don't ever get into a feud with Taylor Swift. She has, like, 50 million people that will die for her. You can't step into that arena.

I was in Fort Lauderdale from about age 7 to 14. And that's where I learned the most about music. My favorite DJ was this guy named DJ Laz and the Miami bass guys. I was super into, like, Arthur Baker, that kind of stuff.