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" Every family argues and goes through things. "
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Things
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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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" Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me. "
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" Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it. "
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" I think artists should really write more. "
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" I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims on a car? It's ridiculous. There's no substance. It's a hollow shell. "
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" 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 Up
" Oh, hip hop is always changing. "
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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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" Wu-Tang is a group that has a cult following. "
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Cult
Following
" As you grow and get older, you evolve. "
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Older
Get
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" I'm a scientist by nature and not by trade. "
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" I've studied rap in every borough. "
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" Chess is a game of stimulation. "
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Chess
Stimulation
" I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything. "
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Last
Just
Everything
" We were always scientifical in our raps. "
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Our
Were
" Rappers should sit down and construct quality lines. "
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Sit
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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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Growing Up
Growing
Thought
" 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 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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Different
Create
" I think every being in the universe is connected somehow. "
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Universe
Think
Connected
" 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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" Wu-Tang has only done, like, three rehearsals throughout our whole career. "
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Career
Three
Our
" 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. "
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Moral
Way
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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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Writing
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" It's gonna sound so boring to most people. There have been times when I've been told, 'Oh, you're doing an album about physics? I hope it's not boring.' They don't get the idea. Because rappers are so one-dimensional, so narrow-minded, it comes off corny. "
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" 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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" 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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" I am honored that 'Liquid Swords,' the song and album, have been so widely embraced for so long. "
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" Wu-Tang is looked at like the Rolling Stones of hip-hop. "
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Hip-Hop
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