I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.
My most important quality or property is curiosity. And that had its beginning in what I was going to do with my life.
For a DJ at my level, you can really go through life and travel the world without seeing a single thing. It's harder to go out and see the sights than it is to play a show.
My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.
Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.
Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.
I lived in a state of rage from 12 to 20. Until college, I was beyond an outsider. I was a voyeur of life.
The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip.
I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.
Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.
I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.
Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs.
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
I love you more than my own skin.
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
Love is when the desire to be desired takes you so badly that you feel you could die of it.
I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.
I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.
Let me explain what I do here. I don't want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.
