61 Quotes by Jermaine Dupri

If you don’t know by now, you’re never going to know.

I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people’s music and that I’m just not out here on my own page.

I’d go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage.

I’m one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.

Because I was in Atlanta, people didn’t realize I’m one of the real forefathers in the game.

I go to clubs and if I notice the DJs are playing the records faster, then I’ll push the beats a little on the next record I make. A lot of people don’t know how to watch out for things like that.

People always ask me how long somebody can last as long as I’ve been lasting and continue to keep doing it, so I figured that people didn’t really know how to do that.

All the records I’ve made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

I've always wanted to be mentioned in the same sentence or at the same time that you say Quincy Jones or you say Stevie Wonder. I never thought that could possibly ever happen.