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I put out this record on Ninja Tune called 'Florida' when I was about 22. And at the same time, I was DJ'ing and beginning to mix stuff up and promote shows in Philadelphia and New York and my own parties and make mixtapes, put out bootleg white labels.

— Diplo

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✓Similar Perspectives

In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record.

— Steve Albini

I started my own record label.

— Tom Felton

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

— Norah Jones

I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.

— Darius Rucker

I started off as a rapper from Thunder Bay, Ontario, believe it or not. There was a little group of 10 or 12 of us that would get together and copy each other's cassettes. So I was a rapper first, and it was that music that got me into this great entertainment world and got me out of Thunder Bay.

— Kevin Durand

I started young. My first record came out when I was - what? 18? So I was in the studio when I was 15, 16.

— Heavy D

I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'

— Kurtis Blow

I can't believe I got a major-label record deal. My music was quirky, and my voice was so odd and high and girlish, it was like a weird novelty act.

— Juliana Hatfield

I'd been DJ-ing in these clubs in N.Y. and I hated everything that was coming out. So I decided I would make it myself. People were making mash-ups or remixes, but I was extra bored, so I actually started remaking these records from scratch.

— Mark Ronson

✗Opposing Perspectives

I made this record without a record label.

— Jules Shear