Jermaine Dupri Quotes
"They keep the song as street as it needs to be. It's got a good catchy hook where it can do what it needs to do on the radio, but they keep the song street where it will keep credibility in the hood."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Credibility, Needs, Song, Will)
"So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Successful, Years)
"People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: People, Want)
"People always ask me how long somebody can last as long as I've been lasting and continue to keep doing it, so I figured that people didn't really know how to do that."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: People)
"My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Time, Father, Act, First)
"We're just welcoming people to our city."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: People)
"We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Artists)
"I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Talent, Thought, People, Dance, Cute)
"If you don't know by now, you're never going to know."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Now)
"I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: People, First)
"I go to clubs and if I notice the DJs are playing the records faster, then I'll push the beats a little on the next record I make. A lot of people don't know how to watch out for things like that."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: People)
"All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Pretty)
"Because I was in Atlanta, people didn't realize I'm one of the real forefathers in the game."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: People)
"I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page."
- Jermaine Dupri
(Related: Music, Life, People, Artist, Respect)