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" As you grow and get older, you evolve. "
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" I've seen a dude who had the Wu logo tatted on his face. I mean, his whole face was tatted, but the Wu was the biggest thing on his face. That is a statement, something that means a lot to us. "
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Something
Us
" I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian. "
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Indian
Thai
Some
" 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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Think
Listen
New
" People say Wu-Tang makes you think too much. What's wrong with thinking? "
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Thinking
Think
People
" I'm a scientist by nature and not by trade. "
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Trade
Nature
Scientist
" Education is the tool. Even if we haven't directly instructed a session, I think Wu-Tang has been an instructor of education to anyone who has been a fan, anyone who has supported our movement, whether its been from buying a Wu-Tang CD or coming to see a show. "
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" Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning. "
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Gratitude
Stop
Live
" 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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Track
Time
Attack
" When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did. "
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Growing
Intellectual
Growing Up
" Every family argues and goes through things. "
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Things
Every
Family
" 'Liquid Swords' just represents a sharp tongue, sharp words. "
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Just
Liquid
Words
" I remember the first 45 record I bought. It was called 'A Dog a Donut'; it was a breakbeat. Actually, I think I bought two at one time, and the other one was 'Dance to the Drummer's Beat.' Those are breakbeats. I paid a dollar for it, for each one. Your average producer or DJ would know who came out with those. "
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Dance
Dog
Know
" If you hear people talking about the Golden Era of rap, they're usually talking about the early Wu Tang Clan era and then Nas and Biggie and so on. But for me, it goes back to the '80s - 1986 to 1989. "
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Talking
Back
You
" When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids. "
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Growing
Growing Up
Person
" I think I'm okay; I got a pretty good shot when I concentrate. I like pool. "
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Good
Like
Okay
" Like MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we face off with each other lyrically, we challenge each other's minds on the chessboard. Sharpen each other's swords. "
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Chess
Minds
Style
" I love physics. "
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I Love
Love
Physics
" Writing, for me, really started in the '70s as a young child. I used to read a lot of nursery rhymes, and I learned a lot of those rhymes word for word. "
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Me
Started
Child
" 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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Creative
Intellectual
Yourself
" Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning. "
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Me
Writing
Think
" Wu-Tang is looked at like the Rolling Stones of hip-hop. "
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Hip-Hop
Rolling
Stones
" I'm constantly writing. "
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Writing
Constantly
" Wu-Tang has only done, like, three rehearsals throughout our whole career. "
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Career
Three
Our
" I played on a 10'x10' chessboard at a hotel in Miami. The pieces were heavy, and I got tired just making a move. Not cool with that. "
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Move
Hotel
Got
" I like science and mathematics. When I say mathematics, I don't mean algebra or math in that sense, but the mathematics of things. "
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Mean
Mathematics
Like
" Some of us don't respect water. We waste it and pour it out. But a lot of disastrous stuff involves water. Tsunamis. Hurricanes. "
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Water
Waste
Respect
" New York is the hometown I represent. "
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Hometown
New
New York
" It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write. "
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Parking
Life
Why
" Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s. "
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Youth
Did
Hip-Hop
" I probably take about a month to write a song, depending on how much time I can dedicate to it, and it depends on how many hours a day there are and how many days in a week and weeks in a month. "
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Song
Day
I Can