Quotes by Norman Cook

“The whole British Hip Hop scene basically happened through word of mouth and through people like you sort of spreading the word in different cities.”

“Until House came along I dont think the English made very good dance records, you know, there were very few really good English Rap records, whereas once House came along all of a sudden we started and now I think we probably lead the world, and have overtaken America in dance music.”

“They couldnt do a drugs story on me because Id already done one on myself.”

“I didnt really get into second gear until I was 30. My first wife was a nurse and she was very anti. I never really started caning it until 1990, when I was 29. I had to make up for being a late starter. It wasnt self-destruction - I was having fun. There was never any reason to stop doing it, because it was fun. It makes it much harder to give up. It wasnt even starting to hurt.”

“Im very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.”

“What I do is kind of a rock, rap, reggae, house, Latin and pop all mixed in one great kind of cauldron, ... Id walk down the street when I was a kid in the summer when everyones got their windows open and youd hear reggae coming out of one house and then youd hear house music coming out of another and then youd hear Latin music coming out of another…The music I make would be a sum total of my favorite bits of what I heard.”

“Praise You.”

“I am a club DJ. I am not a pop star,”

“I am a club DJ. I am not a pop star.”

“Im very inspired.”

I try to make people smile and dance, not think about things or educate them.