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" As far as being a vegetarian, it's a moral thing, a health thing, a conscious thing - a combination of all. I think it's better to be that way. "
Gza
Moral
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" Emceeing has always been about making the most intellectual, most creative, wittiest rhyme as possible regardless of any subject. It was always about bringing the best out of yourself. "
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" Wu-Tang is a group that has a cult following. "
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" A lot of artists think that to be current, you have to follow what's out there and do something that's so unlike what you normally do. It can work, but it doesn't if you chase it. "
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" I don't like to just be simple. Even though some of my stuff can seem simple at times, I like to write in a way that, when you listen to it over and over again, you hear something new, and it requires you to think. "
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" Some MCs don't take the time to take a beat home or just vibe with it and just figure out, 'How do I attack this track?' "
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" I think every being in the universe is connected somehow. "
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" Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning. "
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" One of the basic principles when you dealing with mathematics and Islam: Seek knowledge. "
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" I wasn't raised a vegetarian. I wish I was, though. I mean, that's really the best way to go. I just learned at a young age and stopped eating some things. "
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" Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more. "
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" I like broccoli. I like rice. I like carrots. I like vegetable juices. Y'know? I mean, I'm with all that. "
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" People say Wu-Tang makes you think too much. What's wrong with thinking? "
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" Our love of kung fu goes back to the Bruce Lee days in the 1970s. Outside the action, we loved the interesting, heartfelt stories and the dialogue. It was RZA's idea to draw all that in there as samples. "
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" I used to make demo tapes with cats that rocked with Russell Simmons and people like that. The history goes so far back; I've always been really focused on writing dope rhymes. "
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History
" I'm a late-night person who likes to eat a lot of breakfast stuff at night. "
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" I've directed all my videos throughout my whole career, 'cause that's leeway. I was granted that opportunity to be able to do that. "
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Opportunity
Career
Able
" I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to be able to grab from many different sources to create your story. "
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" I don't think people have ever really been in touch with science. They're drawn to it, but they don't know why they're drawn to it. For example, you may be blown away by the structure of something, like a soccer ball or a geodesic dome, with its hexagonal shapes. "
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" I just listen to a lot of stuff. Sometimes I play music; a lot of times, it will be stuff from back in the day. Sometimes I scan through the radio. Not the average stations that play the everyday thing. "
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Sometimes
" I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything. "
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" I've studied rap in every borough. "
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" Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major role in a lot of music we were doing. "
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" I get inspired by many different things. "
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" New York is the hometown I represent. "
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" I could write about a pencil if I wanted to. You just take it back deep enough, all the way back to the tree it came from. "
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" In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story. "
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" Everything is always coming from something else. Even if you create something, it has to be inspired by something else. If you think of Apple and Steve Jobs, he had to be inspired by something that launched the ideas in his head. "
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" Wu-Tang has opened many doors for hip hop. "
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" I never really thought I had an extensive vocabulary like that, and I'm not an avid reader. I didn't read a lot growing up - at all. "
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