Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.

When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs.

I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager.

I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'

The dude in red's back at the pole, Up North where everything is cold. But if he were right here tonight, He'd say 'Merry Christmas! And to all, a good night!'

That's the job of the entertainer, to entertain, not to motivate or inspire people to get violent!

Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music.

The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide.

Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.

This is an industry that doesn't have the common cold... It has cholera.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

I'd say I'm pretty messy. NOT dirty though - there's a difference. Messy people leave clothes on their bedroom floor... dirty people leave pizza boxes.

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel.

With six small diamonds for his eyes He walks upon the summer skies, Drawing from his silken blouse The lacework of his dwelling house.

My mother's always looking for answers. She's always searching for new information. I think she has a thirst for hunger that very few possess innately.

I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception.