Kurtis Blow Quotations

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.

That's the job of the entertainer, to entertain, not to motivate or inspire people to get violent!

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.

The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.

I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'

When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs.

Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.

I used to date Latoya for awhile, I was a close freind of the family.

I was called Kool Dj Kurt Walker... but they wanted tocall me Kurtis Blow.

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music.

I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager.

I don't ever want to see you guys here.

Well I was always a hustler... I ran numbers; I wasn't a stick up kid, but I was a fence for them. I used to sell weed; and was kicked out of Music and Art for that.

This is the first time in 23 years that someone has vandalized the graffiti wall.

I told them to wait... they did it without me, but they used my band Orange Krush. I was kinda mad so I said thats what I will do, start producing.

The dude in red's back at the pole, Up North where everything is cold. But if he were right here tonight, He'd say 'Merry Christmas! And to all, a good night!'

Just like I'm the king on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone I like slam dunks, take me to the hoop my favorite play is the alley-oop I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go Cause it's basketball, uh, Mister Kurtis Blow.