“I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket money into buying LPs. I followed the ascent of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Stevie Wonder. I followed popular music very closely, and I've never stopped.” WonderStonesHip HopHipsTeenagerBuyingPocketsHopsRollingRolling StonesAscentPopular Music Author:Simon de Pury
“In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated by all the permutations the genre has gone through.” SongGoneHip HopHipsGenreHopsFascinated80sBlown AwayHip Hop Song Author:Simon de Pury
“I think there is going to be a whole market and we'll start to see hip-hop jewelry regularly in jewelry auctions around the world. Therefore, anybody who gets on the train early can only do well financially in the long run.” ThinkingWorldWellsLongWholeRunningTrainHip HopAround The WorldHipsHopsLong RunsJewelryAuctions Author:Simon de Pury
“Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious sort of spending isn't strictly the province of hip-hop. It's almost like a continuation of the American Dream.” WayMeanDreamArtistCriticsHip HopSpendingComplainingHipsHopsMaterialismAmerican DreamProvincesContinuationAccusingOstentatiousAlways Complaining Author:Simon de Pury
“If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated.” IfsWorldKidsYoungSpeakInfluenceTypeHip HopHipsHopsUnderestimated Author:Simon de Pury
“I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and jewelry that it is being adapted or imitated or is inspiring variations or new types of art or new types of music.” ThinkingArtCultureFashionTypeImportanceHip HopArtisticHipsHopsVariationJewelryTributeAdapted Author:Simon de Pury
“What I feel with the best of hip-hop music and with the best of what has been produced by hip-hop culture is that it's going to be timeless, and it's going to last.” FeelsHas BeensLastsCultureHip HopHipsHopsTimelessHip Hop Music Author:Simon de Pury
