What has happened is that to some degree they have taken an attitude where they don’t listen to demos of diverse subject matters. They’re looking for demos like the record the guy on the left just did. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
Before this DJ thing, I was hopelessly taking things apart to try to figure out how they worked. I’d go mess around with burned-out cars, with my mom’s stereo – I was public enemy #1 in my house for that. So my mom noticed that I was interested in this and decided to send me to school so I’d know what I was doing. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
I developed the Clock Theory to help me time records; you know, spin the record back two revolutions or whatever and then play the break, spin the other one back two, play, like that. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
Hmmmm… It’s fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That’s different. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
I needed a way to have the platter continuously spinning while I’m moving the record back and forth. I went to a fabric store. When I touched this hairy stuff – felt – I found it. I rubbed spray starch on both sides and ironed it until it became a stiff wafer. After that, I was able to stop time. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass speakers. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
I named myself Flash many years ago, as I loved the cartoon. Then my own fans said that I should call myself ‘Grandmaster,’ because of the way I operate turntables. I put the two together and that was it. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
I don’t want to be classified as an old-skool DJ or new-skool DJ. I want to be classified as an all-skool DJ who plays it all. I also want to learn to DJ house music in my own fashion. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
All you have to know is mathematically how many times to scratch it and when to let it go – when certain things will enhance the record you’re listening to. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn’t dare play this kind of music. They would never play a record where only two minutes of the song was all it was worth. They wouldn’t buy those types of records. Grandmaster Flash Read Quote
