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" A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music. "
Dr. Dre
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" I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less. "
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" One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E. "
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" Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "
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" I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers. "
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" I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album. "
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" Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is. "
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" I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble. "
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" I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record. "
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" I've sold a lot of records. Did I keep other artists from eating? "
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" I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible. "
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" I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life. "
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" No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. "
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" Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO. "
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" You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally. "
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" I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that. "
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" Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown. "
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" There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music. "
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" I'm a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That's what I do. But I've gotten on the mic a few times in my career; people seem to like it, so I'll do it again here and there. But that's really not my thing. "
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" No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song that plays next. "
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