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Diplo

American Musician

Born: Nov 10, 1978

Because Music People Think Work You

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Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are kinda gay, just not outspoken about it. Dancehall was the first kind of music I was DJing, and it was always more about the rhythm. Diplo

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. Diplo

Day Backwards Band Too Britney Britney Spears One Day Lots Snow Done Being Which Might Mike Production Spears Cool

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. Diplo

You can never judge any music by their audience. That's the main reason people in England have a prejudice against someone like Skrillex. You judge people by their music. That's always been first and foremost. Diplo

Music You People Judge First Someone Main Never Main Reason Like Audience Always Been Foremost Any Against Prejudice Reason England

Sometimes I make more money in a weekend than my grandpa made in a year. Diplo

Money Sometimes Made Year More Weekend Make Than Grandpa

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

Man Fans Got Real Any Just Groupies

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. Diplo

Day Rapper Try Uncle Older Gucci Though Never Had He Day One Since Him Sure Yeah Been Up Than Ironic Maybe Just Fan Anything Straight Cool Even

When we think about big records, a lot of producers are thinking of how to make it as standard as possible. I think those days are gone. I think you have to surprise the audience in 2015. Diplo

You Big Gone Think Thinking Those Possible About Records Days Make Audience How Surprise Lot Producers Standard

I was in Fort Lauderdale from about age 7 to 14. And that's where I learned the most about music. My favorite DJ was this guy named DJ Laz and the Miami bass guys. I was super into, like, Arthur Baker, that kind of stuff. Diplo

Music Age Bass Favorite Kind Super About Guy Guys Stuff Named Like Most Baker Learned Miami Arthur Where Fort

The traditional media never gave Bernie Sanders the time of day. But he went viral the same way hip-hop and new dances go viral. And I'm part of that culture. Diplo

Time Day Culture Viral Gave Dances Way Bernie Sanders Never He Part New Hip-Hop Go Traditional Same Media

We first started to rent old VFW halls in Philly or whatever; we rented kegs and did parties and played our own music. We had to find a way to do it because nobody else was helping us, and I think now it's important to keep those dialogues happening, those parties happening. Diplo

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I'm not a superstar, per se... but I'm a musical creator - a producer in the same vein as what Quincy Jones was, or Pharrell and Timbaland were. Diplo

Musical Per Superstar Vein Were Same Producer Creator

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