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Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Warren Knuckles Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), was an American DJ, record producer and remixer.

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I believe it also says that I am a friend to everyone and enemy to no one.

Believe, Enemy, Everyone, I Believe, Says

The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything viable by the music industry. I figured that this might be another shot at the industry looking at the possibilities of house music and giving it a little bit more legitimacy than what they give it. It's a host of different things, but it's something that I needed to say musically.

Giving, Host, House, Quality

A friend of mine that happened to be a DJ at another club actually offered me a job [as a DJ]. I didn't think I could do it but he said, "You know all the music. You are at all the parties, and everybody knows you. "

Club, Everybody, Jobs, Knows, Party, Thinking

House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.

Feel Good, Feels, Good, House, Music, White

Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight.

Know, Overnight, Superstar, Timing, Who You Know

There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

Artist, Artists, Ashford, People, Simpson, Two

The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

Greater, Minute, Minutes, Think, Thinking

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace.

Easy, Marketplace, Relevant

The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.

High, Home, Jobs, New York, Worked

There is always a point in the party where I wouldn't say I have people in the palm of my hands, but when there is a point in the evening. . . if you have been to any great party, you know when the whole room becomes one.

Hands, Know, Palm, Party, People, Room

I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

Looking, Right, Say, Song

I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of them are beat crazy and beat heavy. I'm more melody. I'm more musical than most of the other ones.

Beat, Crazy, Guy, Particular, Sensitive, Thinking

When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.

Create, Nothing, Thing, Thrilling

I'm of the mind that your private life is private and you don't need to put everything out there about yourself - but on there, I describe myself as a citizen of the world, a man of music.

Describe, Everything, Man, Men, Mind, Needs

Well technology has changed a lot of things, making it possible for just about anyone to make music. But not everybody is a songwriter, so that puts me in a completely different ballpark than the other DJs out here that are writing and producing tracks. I don't stop at tracks, I try to complete the whole package with the song. So working at that level has put me in a completely different place.

Ballpark, Package, Possible, Song, Technology, Writing