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" I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet. "
Dr. Dre
Myself
See
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" I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that. "
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" Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is. "
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" In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not. "
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Hip-Hop
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" I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that. "
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I Am
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Doing
" It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just slide one lever to a certain point, and it just - it's a certain feeling that it gives you when you know it's right. "
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You
Start
" I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me. "
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Air
Stop
Never
" There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music. "
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Original
" You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally. "
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Mercedes
Bank
House
" I have tons of music stashed. "
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Tons
Music
" Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "
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Done
Sitting
Gut
" I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less. "
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Penny
Want
Person
" Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win. "
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Motivation
Ultimate
Watching
" I'm a fan of J. Cole. "
Dr. Dre
Fan
" I'm always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with. "
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Work
Try
Talent
" In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from. "
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Everything
Banging
Care
" I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting. "
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" Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. "
Dr. Dre
Violence
Mission
Goes
" I've never considered myself a rapper. I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project, and I know how to stay on beat and what have you, but I've never considered myself a rapper. "
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Never
You
Voice
" I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now. "
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Now
Think
Back
" I'm going to record forever. "
Dr. Dre
Record
Forever
Going
" It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that? "
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Weird
People
Money
" No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. "
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You
Matter
Able
" An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. "
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Long Time
Wanting
Time
" There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop. "
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Vibes
Between
Been
" I sequence during the entire recording process. The sequencing changes as I'm recording and as I'm listening. From when I'm, like, four songs in, I start trying to figure out which song should come after which. Which is important, and it changes as the album goes. "
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Process
Start
Song
" I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can hear the sequence of an album as I'm going, but I wasn't able to do that. I wasn't feeling it in my gut. "
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Hear
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" I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically. "
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Inspired
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Enemy
" I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it. "
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Genuine
Passion
Myself
" There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to. "
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" I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me. "
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Always
Age
Me