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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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" If you take a song like 'We Will, We Will Rock You,' 'You got blood on your face... ' - he's rhyming on that! And if you take the lyrics out of that song, you get a hip-hop beat. It's a rock song, though. So it's not out of my element for me to get with Black Lips. "

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" 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. "

" I just listen to a lot of stuff. Sometimes I play music; a lot of times, it will be stuff from back in the day. Sometimes I scan through the radio. Not the average stations that play the everyday thing. "

" Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more. "

" When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want to be 'back in the game' or 'back on the block' - that's typical. I made it all metaphorical. "

" To write a story is to create a world of your own. "

" Rappers should sit down and construct quality lines. "

" Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major role in a lot of music we were doing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I used to make demo tapes with cats that rocked with Russell Simmons and people like that. The history goes so far back; I've always been really focused on writing dope rhymes. "

" I like broccoli. I like rice. I like carrots. I like vegetable juices. Y'know? I mean, I'm with all that. "

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" People say Wu-Tang makes you think too much. What's wrong with thinking? "

" Oh, hip hop is always changing. "

" I think artists sometimes go back to something when we never should, for many different reasons. You hear a lot of stories that make you feel good about the work and the project; sometimes you try to relive that, like, 'I want to make a part two.' "

" Education is the tool. Even if we haven't directly instructed a session, I think Wu-Tang has been an instructor of education to anyone who has been a fan, anyone who has supported our movement, whether its been from buying a Wu-Tang CD or coming to see a show. "

" I was always interested in skateboarding, BMX bike riding, flipping, gymnastics. Anything with tumbling, turning, twisting, and extreme sports. "

" My favorite subjects was science and math. But as I got older, I was hanging out cutting class, going to hooky parties. "

" I played on a 10'x10' chessboard at a hotel in Miami. The pieces were heavy, and I got tired just making a move. Not cool with that. "

" One of the basic principles when you dealing with mathematics and Islam: Seek knowledge. "

" I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs that were playing disco, funk, and pop music, and we would gather round, go to the parks, and dance and enjoy ourselves. "

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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. "

" We were always scientifical in our raps. "

" Learn all you can learn. Never stop learning. "

" Wu-Tang has only done, like, three rehearsals throughout our whole career. "

" Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s. "

" I wasn't raised a vegetarian. I wish I was, though. I mean, that's really the best way to go. I just learned at a young age and stopped eating some things. "

" You are like a sponge when you are young. "

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You

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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. "

" If you hear people talking about the Golden Era of rap, they're usually talking about the early Wu Tang Clan era and then Nas and Biggie and so on. But for me, it goes back to the '80s - 1986 to 1989. "