Diplo (Thomas Wesley Pentz Jr.) Quotes

I was never good at scratching, but I was good at collecting old records. Florida was a great place for that, because it's where people go to die.

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• I was never good at scratching, but I was good at collecting old records. Florida was a great place for that, because it's where people go to die.

  

  Diplo
  • People
  • Good
  • Great