23+ Frankie Knuckles Quotes On Music, Moving And Death

Frankie Knuckles was an American DJ and producer from The Bronx, New York. He is widely credited as the "Godfather of House Music" for his work in the 1980s at the Warehouse club in Chicago. His influence on the development of house music is widely recognized and he was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Frankie Knuckles on life, love, music.

Top 10 Frankie Knuckles Quotes

1. House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.
2. Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight.
3. I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men.
4. I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.
5. 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.
6. I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women.
7. When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.
8. I believe it also says that I am a friend to everyone and enemy to no one.
9. The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished
10. I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

Frankie Knuckles Quotes About Music

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. — Frankie Knuckles

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." — Frankie Knuckles

The music is everything to me. — Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Frankie Knuckles

I have worked with a lot of different great people. One of the things my partner, my manager Judy Weinstein, instilled in [David] Morales and myself is that the quality goes in before the name goes home. — Frankie Knuckles

I used to tell myself when I was much younger that I didn't want to wake up one day and be 32 years old and still playing records. It's just not going to happen. Well, the joke is on me, because I'm 56 years old now. — Frankie Knuckles

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. — Frankie Knuckles

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace. — Frankie Knuckles

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. — Frankie Knuckles

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. — Frankie Knuckles

I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it cost me my job. — Frankie Knuckles

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. — Frankie Knuckles

I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything. — Frankie Knuckles

Life Lessons by Frankie Knuckles

1. Frankie Knuckles taught us the importance of pushing boundaries and taking risks in order to create something truly unique and special.
2. He showed us that it is possible to bridge different genres and styles of music to create something new and exciting.
3. His work demonstrated that music can be used to bring people together, regardless of their background or differences.