When I miss Guru, I bump one of our records. Then I shed a tear and get back to work. DJ Premier Read Quote
Dre is someone I’ve looked up to since 1985 when he came to my college and performed with The Wrecking Crew. DJ Premier Read Quote
Every now and then there might be a beat someone turned down that I have as an unused beat. But everything that predominantly matches the artist in my 30 years of doing this, it was me walking in and sitting there with no drums, no samples, no nothing, and making a beat on the spot. DJ Premier Read Quote
I would always have turntable elements in my records even if it was just one scratch. DJ Premier Read Quote
If I gotta do a Jay-Z beat I want to stop everything. Tell everybody hold my calls, everything. DJ Premier Read Quote
Guru and I had a house in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for a while and we used to have wild parties there when we weren’t in the studio. It was like a fraternity house. DJ Premier Read Quote
Yeah, Travis Scott’s dad taught me how to ride minibikes and how to repair the engines. His name’s Jack Webster. Jack had a drum set and his brother had a bass. So I used to play with them, and that’s what started me wanting to get into music and take it serious. And this is before rap. DJ Premier Read Quote
A lot of Friday nights, Guru and I would go kick it with Biggie, since he was just three blocks down from us. DJ Premier Read Quote
