Quotes from Sylvia Robinson

As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All of a sudden, something said to me, 'Put something like that on a record, and it will be the biggest thing.' I didn't even know you called it rap.

I never liked to copy things that are out there. I always like to come up with something new, something different.

Some think it's holding on that makes one strong sometimes it's letting go.

I just wanted to say things that women wanted to say, but were afraid to.

It started back in '79, My whole darn future was on the line. I created a brand new sensation Through my mind and the whole darn nation.