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" Growing up, all of my friends would set their schedules to the showing of kung fu movies on TV. "

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" Art - the beautiful thing about art, from my standpoint, is that it has no discrimination. "

" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "

" I've helped save so many families with my music and inspire so many people. "

" I got a bad habit of creating. "

" We told you Wu-Tang was forever, and some people forgot that. It's not some fad. "

" I was definitely a big Run-DMC fan. "

" 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. "

" When Def Jam wanted to sign Method Man, they wanted to sign Method Man and Old Dirty. And Old Dirty wanted to be on Def Jam - everybody, that was like the dream label. But if I had Old Dirty and Method Man on Def Jam, that's two key pieces going in the same direction, whereas there's other labels that needed to be infiltrated. "

" 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.' "

" If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest could even be a jazz record. 'Bring Da Ruckus,' you gotta call it hip-hop. "

" So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints. "

" The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country. "

" Wu-Tang Clan's first album, '36 Chambers,' there wasn't a lot of money given to make that album. "

" Twenty percent of my records, you'll find a loop, like two or three loops per album out of 13 or 15 songs. I'd rather keep it like that. "

" 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. "

" The 'Godfather I' and 'II,' those were real straight movies in my life. At the same time, so is 'Five Deadly Venoms,' if we go into kung-fu movies. "

" 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. "

" I always argue with a lot of people. They ask me for my top rappers, and he's always on my list. I mean, the GZA inspired me. "

" I don't have the same respect for time as most people. I take that extra day to think about it. "

" The whole first 100 Wu-Tang songs was made on an ASR-10. "

" Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the feeling of not having a voice was part of my life. "

" The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a more proportionate ratio of films that tell our stories. "

" I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable. "

" Everybody wants to be a good fighter. "

" I'm not the first guy to make a record or to make hip-hop, but I did it differently. "

" I have love for the entertainment side of the world. "

" When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length. "

" I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books. "

" My wife and I go to movies every Wednesday. "