Mixtape Quotes

“A to the G to the U to STD
I’m D boy because I’m from D
I’m the crazy guy, the lunatic on beat
Sending listeners to Hong Kong with my rap
my tongue technology”
― Agust D. Suga BTS

“The mixtapes we made for ourselves were musical mirrors. The sadness, anger, or frustration you might be feeling at a given time could be encapsulated in the song selection. You made mixtapes that corresponded to emotional states, and they'd be avaliable to pop into the deck when each feeling needed reinforcing or soothing. The mixtape was your friend, your psychiatrist, and your solace.”
― David Byrne, How Music Works

“I made you a mix tape
That I worried you’d hate
But you called me at three a.m.
With it playing
Softly saying
Song number three
Is about you and me
and I’ve felt the same way for a while”
― Courtney C. Stevens, Faking Normal

“Designed to be heard precisely in the order laid down, it [Anthology of American Folk Music
compiled by Harry Smith] anticipated the sort of musical collage that would become perhaps the most widely practiced American art form: the personal mixtape of favorite songs.”
― Geoffrey O'Brien, Sonata for Jukebox: An Autobiography of My Ears