Dj Quotes
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We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories [...] but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted déjà vu.
florence king— "Déjà Views", in Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye (1989), p. 112
Le temps fuit, et nous traine avec soi :Le moment ou je parle est déjà loin de moi.
nicholas boileau-despréaux— Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.
— Épitres (1701) III, 47.
A quinze ans, vingt ans tout au plus, on est déjà achevé d'imprimer.
alphonse daudet— At fifteen years, twenty at most, one has "come from the press".
— P. 77; translation p. 369.
When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
kim stanley robinson— Ch. 13, p. 284
Le temps fuit, et nous traîne avec soi: Le moment où je parle est déjà loin de moi. Time flies and draws us with it. The moment in which I am speaking is already far from me.
— Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Épîtres, III. 47.
True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories...but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted déjà vu .
— Florence King, in Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress, p.29
I saw dj AM play in a mansion in Miami, and he amazed me with his skills and the music he picked to make the crowd move. He made sure everyone — I mean everyone — had a good time!
adam goldstein— DJ Khaled, club DJ.DJ AM's Turntable Skills Revered By Drama, Just Blaze, More DJs
You're contending with a genius, D.J. is his name, only American alive who could outtalk Cassius Clay, that's lip.
norman mailer— D.J., in Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) Ch. 1
This is D.J., Disc Jockey to America turning off. Vietnam, hot dam.
norman mailer— D.J., in Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967) Ch. 10
Because most rappers started out with a dj playing records for musical accompaniment (no live musicians), many rap records are based around the chords and bass lines of popular songs.
— David Toop (1991). Rap Attack 2, p.17. New York: Serpent's Tail. ISBN 1852422432.
It was a dj style which helped to create the lifestyle which came to be known as hip hop. At the beginning of the disco era in the first half of the 1970s, regular disco jocks in clubs were most concerned with the blend between one record and the next - matching tempos to make a smooth transition which, at its best, could continually alter the mood on the dancefloor without breaking the flow. At its worst the technique could turn the night into one endless and inevitably boring song.
— David Toop (1991). Rap Attack 2: African Rap To Global Hip Hop, p.12. New York. New York: Serpent's Tail. ISBN 1852422432.
