Hier sammle ich bemerkenswerte Zitate von DJs, Musiker, Produzenten und Musik-Philosophen. Von jedem, der ein paar kluge Worte übers Auflegen oder Musik im Allgemeinen gesagt hat.
„In DJing, the preparation is work, the execution is play."
Mr. Scruff ( How To DJ Right, Seite 112)
„DJing is about taking risks."
A-Trak, Quelle: djtechtools.com
„Rhythmen und Töne dringen am tiefsten in die Seele und erschüttern sie am gewaltigsten"
Plato
„When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music."
Paul Oakenfold
„Pete DJ Jones was the first person that I saw with two turntables. This was 1972."
Kurtis Blow
„DJing isn't work; it's getting paid to do something you love"
John Steventon im Buch DJing für Dummies.
„It's about music! Not one music style is better than the other, not one music style is more truly than the other. The whole thing is based on respect. It's all about respect, respect to the music, respect to the DJ's, respect to the crowd and respect to each other. It's all music, music never separates people!"
Carl Cox
„Music Is The Answer"
Danny Tenaglia
„A good DJ is always looking at the crowd, seeing what they're like, seeing whether it's working; communicating with them. Smiling at them. And a bad DJ is always looking down at what they're doing all the time and just doing their thing that they practised in their bedroom."
Norman Cook - aka Fatboy Slim
„Turn off your Brain and turn on your Heart"
Axwell
„Wenn in Indien irgendjemand meine Musik gut findet, runterlädt, auf CDs brennt und seinen Kumpels schenkt - mir als Künstler kann doch nichts Besseres passieren."
Paul Kalkbrenner
„Andy Warhol hat Marilyn Monroes Bild genommen und Siebdrucke davon gemacht. Das muss mit Musik passieren!"
Richie Hawtin
„Give most DJs an eight-hour set these days, and they'd shit themselves"
Laurent Garnier, BurnItBlue
„When I started, DJs weren't in the media, electronic music wasn't in the sales charts and a DJ was the freak in the corner who provided the music while other people had fun. So to do it, you must have been a freak and a music lover."
Paul Van Dyk, DJmag
„Über Musik zu sprechen ist wie über Architektur zu tanzen."
Steve Martin
„Somehow, I sit here and I got to beat everybody. It's me against everybody. That's what keeps me going. That's what it is. It's me against every DJ/producer that's in house. So that's my battle. I gotta take them out with better records."
Todd Terry, Quelle: www.djhistory.com
„I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, ‚Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition."
Kaskade
„The biggest challenge for djs is staying interested and excited."
Ean Golden, djtechtools.com
„I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's ‚trendy' because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable."
Boy George
