Occupation: Dj Birth: January 18, 1955 Death: March 31, 2014
The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I….
I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say..
I believe it also says that I am a friend to everyone and enemy to no one..
I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men..
House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right..
I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women..
Well technology has changed a lot of things, making it possible for just about anyone to make music. But not everybody is a songwriter, so that puts ….
The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything viable by the music industry. I figu….
There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson..
I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of them are beat crazy and beat hea….
I have worked with a lot of different great people. One of the things my partner, my manager Judy Weinstein, instilled in [David] Morales and myself ….
I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards..
It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace..
When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing..
The music is everything to me..
I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything..
A friend of mine that happened to be a DJ at another club actually offered me a job [as a DJ]. I didn't think I could do it but he said, "You know al….
I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it cost me my job..
I'm of the mind that your private life is private and you don't need to put everything out there about yourself - but on there, I describe myself as ….
Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight..
The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished.