Quotes by Diplo

About Diplo:

Thomas Wesley Pentz is an American DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as co-founding the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, he has worked as a school teacher in Philadelphia. He is also the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project, Major Lazer. His 2013 EP Revolution debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200.
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You just have to do; you can't live by the rules of what you're supposed to do. I think every person is good at something, and you just have to push that forward.

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When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.

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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...

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

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I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind.

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It's funny - some producers ask me, 'Man, how do you work on a Bieber record? That would kill my career.' I can work on any record there is as long as they are good records and you're pushing things forward.

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I just love to collaborate with people who take my ideas real serious, and they don't put up walls around them.

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New York is so serious about the creation of work. Everything is happening so fast, it feels like there's another studio, another session on every block, and I love that.

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Attention. That's all girls want.

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I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job.

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I think one of the reasons I've been successful is that I can see things before other people do. I've always been able to do it.

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All I know is don't ever get into a feud with Taylor Swift. She has, like, 50 million people that will die for her. You can't step into that arena.

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You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose.

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I never became a producer to go to parties or wear nice clothes or put sales figures on my Wiki page.

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Man, I don't got any real fans. Just fair-weather ones and groupies.

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I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I just wanted to have a new job.

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I've probably got the most eclectic social media there is because it literally goes from hanging out with my son at a park, to, like, Madonna's house, to a rave in Africa.

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I think you can't really beat Bob Marley, especially the stuff he was doing with Lee Perry. Just that kind of clubby and dark and crazy stuff, even with the Wailers... Some of the songwriting was phenomenal.

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There are opportunities that I have because I'm a white dude, and it's controversial because that's just the way that the world we live in kind of is.

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Man, I don't read books! I just read a bunch of 'Walking Dead' comics. I don't even read comics, but zombies are something I just can't get enough of.

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I've been in jail a couple times. I've been caught shoplifting.

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Author Bio

  • NameDiplo
  • DescriptionAmerican DJ, music producer, rapper, and songwriter
  • AliasesThomas Wesley Pentz; Thomas Pentz
  • BornNovember 10, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionDisc Jockey; Record Producer; Songwriter