Diplo Quotes
I grew up in Florida in different cities. I was born in Mississippi. My parents moved a lot, so I moved to Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, all through the South. But my family's roots were from central Florida, like Daytona Beach area, so we ended up moving there.
Diplo
American DJ
Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build a culture.
Diplo
American DJ
K-pop is a weird term because K-pop has everything - rap records - it's very pop-sounding; there are really boy-band-sounding records.
Diplo
American DJ
I used to be a record collector. Mark Ronson, Questlove and I used to be part of, like, a record-trading crew.
Diplo
American DJ
You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose.
Diplo
American DJ
The best gift you can give to a girl is your devotion, not some Louboutins. But buy those if you're busy, for sure.
Diplo
American DJ
A lot of DJs don't realize they're here today and gone tomorrow. They're literally taking jets to every show. It's crazy how much money they're spending.
Diplo
American DJ
When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.
Diplo
American DJ
As a DJ, it's my job to break new music. And instead of it just being the stuff that's coming from the major labels or the big pop records, I've always gravitated to something that's just different, you know?
Diplo
American DJ
There are opportunities that I have because I'm a white dude, and it's controversial because that's just the way that the world we live in kind of is.
Diplo
American DJ
Man, I don't read books! I just read a bunch of 'Walking Dead' comics. I don't even read comics, but zombies are something I just can't get enough of.
Diplo
American DJ
Bieber's so talented, he needs to just be himself and be by himself and work on his craft. He has a lot of people around; he has to find the right team to help him make something that's going to stand alone.
Diplo
American DJ
I think one of the reasons I've been successful is that I can see things before other people do. I've always been able to do it.
Diplo
American DJ
I wish I played guitar so I could start a band with great musicians.
Diplo
American DJ
A lot of producers get famous because they decide to be superstars for their own reasons, but I'm inspired by Timbaland and Pharrell and Swizz Beatz 'cause they're doing things that are so different. I like how they're introducing ideas I never would have thought of.
Diplo
American DJ
I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.
Diplo
American DJ
Every day is work for me, but it's also a party. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.
Diplo
American DJ
Money, for me, is just to create bigger and better things. A lot of guys in the deejaying world flaunt it, but I don't see any use in that. I don't need anything. I live in hotels. Most of my clothes I get for free. I like to invest in ideas. In people.
Diplo
American DJ
Man, I don't got any real fans. Just fair-weather ones and groupies.
Diplo
American DJ
The traditional media never gave Bernie Sanders the time of day. But he went viral the same way hip-hop and new dances go viral. And I'm part of that culture.
Diplo
American DJ
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