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" I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it. "

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" 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. "

" 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? "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time. "

" I've always been a lunatic. "

" I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me. "

" I am never going to give music up. "

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" 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. "

" The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business. "

" People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects. "

" The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song. "

" It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea. "

" I'm going to record forever. "

" I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss. "

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" 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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" The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together. "

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