Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by J Dilla

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician J Dilla.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

James Dewitt Yancey, better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper. He emerged in the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was also a member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

American - Musician | February 7, 1974 - February 10, 2006

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What happened was that the doctor told me that I'd ruptured my kidney from being too busy and being stressed out and not eating right.

J Dilla

No one will ever be able to come against me on the beats.

J Dilla

I don't want nobody to ever say, 'I coulda done that beat' or 'I know where you got that from.'

J Dilla

There'd be days when I wouldn't eat at all because I'd be in the basement working all day.

J Dilla

Detroit is a hard city.

J Dilla

It's family first, and then everything else.

J Dilla

One of my favourite Donald Byrd tracks is 'Think Twice,' and I didn't want to sample it. I've always enjoyed when other people have sampled it, so I wanted to instead of making a beat with it or something like that, or freak the beat of whatever. I wanted to just recreate it in my own way, like how I heard it.

J Dilla

You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span.

J Dilla

Don't sell yourself to fall in love, With those things you do.

J Dilla