Every time I want to impress someone about samples and hip-hop, I play 'Portrait of Tracy.' It's one of the greatest bass players ever doing a whole composition with only the two harmonics of electric bass; then a three-second loop in it became every great R&B song in five-year intervals. Diplo bascompositionelectric share on social
New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on every block, and I love that. Diplo blockcreationfast Change image and share on social
I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music. Diplo gianthiphop Change image and share on social
To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality. Diplo bigcoolmusic Change image and share on social
I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us. Diplo aimaudiencehave Change image and share on social
If kids can have some sort of social responsibility, that's cool. But if they're not actually having social responsibility, and they're kind of hiding behind it, that's kind of useless, or even worse. Diplo badlycoolhide Change image and share on social
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 crazyjetliterally Change image and share on social
As a youngster, I lived in Philly for 12 years, and I would go up to New York to do shows and make money - it was the dream to maybe be able to survive there and live there. Diplo dreamlivemake Change image and share on social
I see the value in every kind of music, even country. Diplo countrykindmusic Change image and share on social
