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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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Doing

" The reason 'Detox' didn't come out was because I didn't like it. "

" Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO. "

" 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. "

" The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS. "

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God

Two

" 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. "

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Easy

Thinking

" I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental. "

" 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. "

" 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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Key

Song

" No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song that plays next. "

" I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that. "

" I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere. "

" When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "

" In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not. "

" I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know. "

" I'm going to record forever. "

" 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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" I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way. "

" I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record. "

" I am never going to give music up. "

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Going

I Am

" 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. "

" An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. "

" I get butterflies every time a record comes out. I'm like, 'I hope people like it. I hope people buy it.' "

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Hope

Time

" Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good. "

" There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop. "

" 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. "

" I have tons of music stashed. "

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Tons

Music

" 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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Music

Original

" I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives. "