Arnaud de Borchgrave Quotes

I remember when (graffiti film) `Wild Style` came to the (Honolulu) Academy of Arts. We loaded up the family in the station wagon. At the theater it was us and a couple of hippies from UH.

At that point I had a real 30-year narrative to sink my teeth into.

We know that the PC sector won`t be good in the first quarter but consumer products are playing a more important role now and that will help boost demand for chips.

That`s what it`s supposed to do--speak truth to power. I`m not surprised by this...hip-hop tells the micro history, but it also tells the counter-history to the official narrative.

I`m glad that the book has been recognized by people that I work with, but I`m a little disappointed that it`s not seen for what it is.

I entered at an interesting time, after the L.A. riots, when the field was in crisis. A lot of the movement was down with solidarity with other races, but the riots were a shock. The focus became interracial relations, and they wanted to know what I thought. It gave me a weird credibility in the field. A lot of us got published in academic journals right away.

There is so much about hip-hop culture that is peculiar to New York, and I got to understand it from that point of view.

It`s interesting to me that the questions assume that because I`m Asian-American and Pacific islander that I`m an outsider. But I`m not an outsider to the culture. In hip-hop, you either have something or you make way for someone who does. If you don`t have it, step out and learn. I feel I`ve had to earn my stripes.

I remember cutting out any article I could find about the guy. At the party, he gave me a piece of something he had done. I cried, dude.

It was just one of those nights. It was an out-of-body experience.