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" A wise man has to always listen to the peers he surrounds around himself. That's why you surround yourself with other smart people. Captain Kirk keep Mr. Spock right beside him. "
Rza
Man
Yourself
Wise
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" I'm me, and the me that's me is me and is going to continue to be me, and it's always reaching and growing. "
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" I stopped with the red meat, let go of turkey and chicken, and then I held onto fish. When we finished 'Wu-Tang Forever,' I felt like I evolved and completely dived into veganism. "
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" I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer. "
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" I could never be a control freak. If Wu-Tang is a dictatorship, how does every Wu-Tang member have their own contract, their own career, and have put out more albums without me than they've done with me? "
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" I thought that Wu-Tang was the best sword style - the best sword-style of martial arts. And the tongue is like a sword. And so I say that we have the best lyrics, so, therefore, we are the Wu-Tang Clan. "
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" One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis. "
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" When I made hip-hop, I made hip-hop. I didn't make R&B or make it for the radio. "
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" I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable. "
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" I tell my sons, I say, if you're going somewhere, you don't have to wear a hoodie - we live in New York, so a hoodie and all that is all good. But sometimes, you know, button up your shirt. Clean up. "
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" Art - the beautiful thing about art, from my standpoint, is that it has no discrimination. "
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" My wife and I go to movies every Wednesday. "
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Movies
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Go
" I actually have eyes that irritate easily, so I wear the glasses to keep stuff out of my eyes. If you see me in shades indoors, you might be like, 'RZA is wearing shades inside. What the hell is going on?' I'm protecting my eyes, and I'm looking cool. "
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Looking
Hell
Cool
" The whole first 100 Wu-Tang songs was made on an ASR-10. "
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" I'm a big fan of technology; I've been a geek since 1986... and I was spending all my paper money on gadgets. "
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Gadgets
" I love Paul Simon... his lyrics. "
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" When I was eight or nine years old, my older cousin took me to the St. George Theatre on Staten Island to see a Bruce Lee movie and a Jim Kelly movie. Those were my first martial-arts films, and I fell in love with the genre back then. "
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Island
Theatre
See
" I'm glad Wu-Tang was able to inspire other producers and artists, but I would never want to be erased or removed. "
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Want
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Never
" I will say, for Wu-Tang, money wasn't the motivation, it was artistic domination. "
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Money
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" I'm grateful for what I've accomplished. I'm grateful for anyone who thinks I accomplished something and says, 'Well he did this; he did that.' "
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Grateful
Well
Something
" I wrote a big animation scene for 'Iron Fists,' but we couldn't afford all that. "
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Iron
Afford
Animation
" The influence of the Shaw Brothers films on my work has been profound. In addition to the richness of Asian culture, we at Wu-Tang were fascinated with the struggles between the oppressed Chinese villagers and the repressive Manchu authority and how it mirrored our own experiences growing up as black kids in America's inner cities. "
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" I have love for the entertainment side of the world. "
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Side
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Love
" Method Man is a rough, rugged street dude, but all the girls love him. "
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" Directing is such a high. It's the hardest job ever, but I really love doing it. "
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Really
Hardest
High
" A lot of people don't know this about Wu-Tang, it started from a focused mind. I was given total autonomy to do whatever I want with them... They agreed, to me, to be a dictator for five years. And in those five years, it's considered some of our best work. "
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Work
Best
Know
" Wisdom is important in every man's life. "
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Every
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Life
" As I grew older and got into the late teens and early 20s, I wanted to be a voice of the people. You know, getting locked up all the time and going through so much oppression and seeing it all around myself, I wanted to be a voice for it. "
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" We told you Wu-Tang was forever, and some people forgot that. It's not some fad. "
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" When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length. "
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Wave
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" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "
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Creating
Art
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