Diplo Quotes

“Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture.”

“In Philly, there are a lot of social programs. If you have a degree, you can go and apply. I was basically a social worker, but I became sort of a sub teacher in a special program, helping kids with reading or math. But we would also do plays, learn about music... We were doing lots of fun stuff, but that was such hard work.”

“Good bands won't get famous anymore unless they get really lucky.”

“A lot of producers get famous because they decide to be superstars for their own reasons, but I'm inspired by Timbaland and Pharrell and Swizz Beatz 'cause they're doing things that are so different. I like how they're introducing ideas I never would have thought of.”

“I appreciate people who are authentic. Someone who just wants to be cool, I can tell when their intentions aren't right.”

“Gucci is a rapper that doesn't try and be anything he's not - he's straight up. Yeah, maybe it's ironic and all, but I'm just a fan and have been one since day one. Gucci Mane is the cool uncle I never had, even though I'm sure I'm probably older than him.”

“Selling MP3s or physical copies, it's still cool, but I think it's slowly becoming outdated to where people just want to build a culture.”

“People don't know exactly what I do they just know I'm 'cool.' ”

“Klaus from the Teddybears, Bloodshy and Avant and Mike Snow, they've done lots of Britney Spears production. They went backwards from production to being in a band, which might be cool. I might do that, too, one day.”

“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.”