Producer Quotes

You have to have more people who don't look like you in the writers room. I try to have some people who don't look like me in my writers room. I think it's important to have a group of voices, of people who can dissent.
I loved England's gentility and its civility. I'm from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it's spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers.
I was the first to promote The Beatles in the States, and Ed Sullivan called me first about them before he ever booked them on his television show.
I went to James Monroe High School, a big school in the East Bronx. My first promotion was the first alumni reunion dance. I got all the names and addresses out of the yearbook. It came off very well.
It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.
My secret to success is that I've always loved good music and people.
The Beatles were no trouble... lots of girls. The Stones were black-jacketed guys, a rough crowd. A whole different scene between the Stones' black leather jackets and the Beatles' pretty-dressed girls with the ribbons in their hair, teenagers standing on the seats screaming, nothing broken.
The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks can you make on a concert.
Brooklyn just got that energy to me that's so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world.
Especially in hip-hop, no one takes responsibility for their actions.
Every person I meet is a rapper, DJ, or makes beats.
Every record I make, I want people to feel what I used to feel when I used to crack open a CD and press play.
Gang Starr was like the blueprint of my career.
I come from a traditional hip-hop background.
I definitely try to go above and beyond with live mixing and scratching.
I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.
I get mad if I'm not presented as an actual artist on tour. I don't want to be seen as just some DJ that plays between sets. I have a bigger brand than that.
I grew up in a city - it's called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It's about half an hour north of Boston. When my parents got divorced, I moved to New Hampshire because my father worked up there.
I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.
I had completely changed from being a mixtape DJ to being a producer and working with Nas and stuff like that.
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