Grandmaster Flash

Conquer your neighbourhood, conquer your city, conquer your country, and then go after the rest of the world. That's my mantra.

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.

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.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.