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I used to hate sampling, but it was basically because everyone was getting paid but us. But when they began to do the legislation and get it right, I realized that the kids just did something that, if maybe we were smart enough, we would have done it as well.

— Betty Wright

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✓Similar Perspectives

Now everybody's sampling.

— Missy Elliott

I had to realize that the use of samples has its rules, too.

— Klaus Schulze

There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit songs and rapping over them. It gave publishers license to get a little greedy.

— Beck

A big part of making music is the discovery aspect, is the surprise aspect. That's why I think I'll always love sampling. Because it involves combining the music fandom: collecting, searching, discovering music history, and artifacts of recording that you may not have known existed and you just kind of unlock parts of your brain, you know?

— Gotye

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

— Macklemore

Yes, sampling has changed not just my way of playing and composing.

— Klaus Schulze

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.

— Aaron Sorkin

I grew up when 'Schoolhouse Rock' taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law.

— Tim Griffin

There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging.

— Ben Rattray

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.

— Bill Dixon