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Grandmaster Flash Quotes

I like fixin’ up old cars and doing things with my family Picture Quote #1

But I had two very special people who helped to take my style to the next level. Thank God for my first MC Cowboy and my first student Grand Wizard theodore, and to go out after creating this art form and finding everyone jamming to it - that too was pretty scary Picture Quote #1

I was a quiet, nerdy kid living in the Bronx. I spent most of my teens in my room, taking apart electrical items to figure out how they worked before putting them back together, and listening to the music my four older sisters and parents played Picture Quote #1

When I am performing live, I walk into a room, and I just try to get a feel for the vibe, and I am coming from different angles musically. I might come with a new song, I might come with some hip-hop, with some R Picture Quote #1

Conquer your neighbourhood, conquer your city, conquer your country, and then go after the rest of the world. That’s my mantra Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Hmmmm... It’s fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That’s different Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Can you imagine Grandmaster Flash on a laptop Picture Quote #1

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We can even sing off key, but if it’s produced properly it can be a hit Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Normal kids in their teens want to go and date girls and do mischievous things, your hormones are jumping around, but I stayed in my bedroom in search of something Picture Quote #1

I think what’s happening here is, there’s a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You’re writing for the public Picture Quote #1

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I like fixin’ up old cars and doing things with my family (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) But I had two very special people who helped to take my style to the next level. Thank God for my first MC Cowboy and my first student Grand Wizard theodore, and to go out after creating this art form and finding everyone jamming to it - that too was pretty scary (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) I was a quiet, nerdy kid living in the Bronx. I spent most of my teens in my room, taking apart electrical items to figure out how they worked before putting them back together, and listening to the music my four older sisters and parents played. (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) When I am performing live, I walk into a room, and I just try to get a feel for the vibe, and I am coming from different angles musically. I might come with a new song, I might come with some hip-hop, with some R (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) Conquer your neighbourhood, conquer your city, conquer your country, and then go after the rest of the world. That’s my mantra. (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Hmmmm... It’s fun being in front of people, playing shows and all. But hotels? Being away from home? That’s different. (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) Hip Hop has become real constrained. The creative juices and creative flows have been diminished (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Can you imagine Grandmaster Flash on a laptop (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) We can even sing off key, but if it’s produced properly it can be a hit (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) Normal kids in their teens want to go and date girls and do mischievous things, your hormones are jumping around, but I stayed in my bedroom in search of something (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) I think what’s happening here is, there’s a group or maybe one person who is saying this is gonna be the definition and this is what we want to get the kids to do now (Grandmaster Flash Quotes) 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 Quotes) Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You’re writing for the public (Grandmaster Flash Quotes)