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I've never had a huge collection of records I've never been a beat digga.
El-P
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El-P
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: March 2
Hip-Hop Artist
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Oh my god what am I doing with my life?
El-P
I do these records. All of these ideas that I have, that I put out there, that inspire me to write, are a purging in a lot of ways. I have to expel them in order for myself to walk around and actually smile and be a regular, or a living, person.
El-P
Just when you think you should start accepting that you're becoming an adult, all your childhood fantasies come true.
El-P
I am making art. It's not a job that you've gotta show up to and fill in your slot. This is a dream come true. You get the opportunity to say something, to make a piece of art and hang it on the wall forever. Sometimes you're gonna have to take your time.
El-P
There is a difference these days between who's making the music and buying the music, in terms of the way that they think, grew up, and their perspective. It's become much more diverse.
El-P
I try to take a snapshot of who I am now, who I am becoming, as opposed to who I was when I was first starting to make records. I'm not trying to make boring adult music, but I try to make music more reflective of what matters to me now.
El-P
I am trying to change hip-hop music because I do feel there are places people can go with production and the structure of an album that they haven't gone yet. But, like I said, I don't have any delusions of grandeur. I just want to make music that doesn't make me bored.
El-P
There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time.
El-P
I think that everyone who does music, and everyone who does art, or everyone who decides at a young age that they're gonna do that, is someone who feels like an outsider. The world is not really set up for that.
El-P
The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall and shoot them, is because, at their best, they're the reflection of our lives, that most regular people can't even afford to think about.
El-P
As you get bigger, your staff gets bigger, and your costs get bigger.
El-P
Everyone just wants to feel good, and I don't think that all music is designed to make you feel good.
El-P
Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.
El-P
So inane-I cause Colon Blow pain
El-P
There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n' roll. When hip-hop came on the scene, it was the last legitimate creation of a new genre.
El-P
The fact of the matter is, if you're not putting out stuff that people are feeling, then your record label doesn't mean a goddamn thing.
El-P
I would feel pretty embarrassed if I was doing what I do and I wasn't at least attempting the eloquent translation of the human experience in some way.
El-P
I've always believed that if you cannot do it, then you should not do it.Only when it comes to the point where you've literally dug yourself into a hole, where it's sink or swim, is that viable to me.
El-P
We're fighting internal struggles, I am the cancer for my own cure.
El-P
We're not steadfast about not repeating mistakes.
El-P
