Kurtis Blow Quotes

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

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

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.

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

My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.

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.