I had to go into a studio and compose and write and press up 12 songs in 14 hours. When you're recording a song from scratch it takes you 14 hours to do just one song. Grandmaster Flash composehourpress Change image and share on social
As an individual I was known as the DJ or the mixer. Grandmaster Flash individualmixer Change image and share on social
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 abandonaskbas Change image and share on social
If there is a record I don't have, I haven't heard it yet. My collection is always growing, but I can't really play it anywhere - no promoter is willing to pay for my crates of vinyl to fly with me, so I have a team of people to digitise it all. Grandmaster Flash collectioncratedigitise share on social
For instance, if you're playing a record with drums - horns would sound nice to enhance it so you get a record with horns and slip it in at certain times. Grandmaster Flash drumenhancehorn Change image and share on social
We gotta stop fighting amongst each other. I think the only rift should be when take it the stage and try to out perform each other. Grandmaster Flash fightgottaperform Change image and share on social
Conquer your neighbourhood, conquer your city, conquer your country, and then go after the rest of the world. That's my mantra. Grandmaster Flash cityconquercountry Change image and share on social
For anybody to say well this is not Hip Hop and that's not Hip Hop, that is not the way the formula was laid down. It was for the people who were going to continue take anything musically and string it along. Grandmaster Flash continueformulahip share on social
The type of mixing that was out then was blending from one record to the next or waiting for the record to go off and wait for the jock to put the needle back on. Grandmaster Flash backblendjock Change image and share on social
Disco B still rolls with me now. He's still doing his thing. He does clubs in different places. He was very instrumental in helping me perfect my craft. Grandmaster Flash clubcraftdisco Change image and share on social