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" I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss. "
Dr. Dre
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" 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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" I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble. "
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" I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet. "
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" When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go. "
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" Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is a hustler. In fact, he's what I call an extreme hustler. "
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" Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. "
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" I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life. "
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" In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet. "
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" The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS. "
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" I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then. "
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" I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record. "
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" You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen. "
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" My father is the oldest of seven boys. "
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" I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again. "
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" I think it's incredible what I've done. A lot of sweat. But as an innovator, I look back and can't help but go, 'Damn, there's things I could've done better, you know?' "
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" 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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" Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down. "
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" When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "
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" I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives. "
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" I am never going to give music up. "
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" My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time. "
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" Every person walking has some kind of talent that they can get on tape. "
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" I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know. "
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" I've sold a lot of records. Did I keep other artists from eating? "
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" I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know? "
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