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" I like broccoli. I like rice. I like carrots. I like vegetable juices. Y'know? I mean, I'm with all that. "
Gza
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" Rappers should sit down and construct quality lines. "
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" A song is composed of music and lyrics: 50 percent is the producer, 50 percent is the artist. So, I'm responsible for 50 percent. All I know is that I have to do my job, and I have to do it well. And he has to do the same. "
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" A lot of artists think that to be current, you have to follow what's out there and do something that's so unlike what you normally do. It can work, but it doesn't if you chase it. "
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" There were certain things that grabbed my interest, such as photosynthesis, such as us living off plants and plants living off us. You look at everything in that light - so if I'm looking at ice cubes, I might start thinking about absolute zero, or Fahrenheit and Celsius. There's so much that can make me think about science. "
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Light
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" Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it. "
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Behind
Album
Concept
" I think all artists want that plaque, whether it's Gold or Platinum or multi-platinum. I think we all look forward to getting a plaque and hanging it on your wall and having something to show for the music that you've created. "
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Forward
You
Think
" Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more. "
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Plan
Stop
Over
" Even if we didn't make records, we would have done it on the side for fun. Like, some painters sell their work; others just keep it - they love to do it whether they get paid or not. "
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Done
Fun
Like
" I drink a lot of juice. "
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Juice
Drink
Lot
" Most people associate Wu Tang with Staten Island or Shaolin, but actually, I'm a native of Brooklyn. I was born in Crown Heights, raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, and Bushwick. "
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Heights
Brooklyn
Crown
" I've studied rap in every borough. "
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Rap
Every
Studied
" I've seen a dude who had the Wu logo tatted on his face. I mean, his whole face was tatted, but the Wu was the biggest thing on his face. That is a statement, something that means a lot to us. "
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Face
Something
Us
" I am honored that 'Liquid Swords,' the song and album, have been so widely embraced for so long. "
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Album
Long
I Am
" 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. "
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Play
Doing
Know
" 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. "
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Inspire
Different
Create
" I would go to an aunt's house, and she would let me play music, and she had 'The Last Poets' album. At that time, albums didn't have explicit stickers on them, so some of the songs had profanity on them, and I was moved by that. I would listen to those songs, to the flow, and I'd balance it back and forth with the nursery stuff I had. "
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Time
Balance
She
" I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I can put on bread with mayo and eat, y'know. "
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Bread
Chicken
Meat
" I'm a late-night person who likes to eat a lot of breakfast stuff at night. "
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Breakfast
Person
Likes
" To write a story is to create a world of your own. "
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Story
Your
Write
" Some MCs don't take the time to take a beat home or just vibe with it and just figure out, 'How do I attack this track?' "
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Track
Time
Attack
" You are like a sponge when you are young. "
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Like
You
Young
" Oh, hip hop is always changing. "
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Hop
Always
Changing
" 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. "
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Growing
Intellectual
Growing Up
" I think I'm okay; I got a pretty good shot when I concentrate. I like pool. "
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Good
Like
Okay
" Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s. "
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Youth
Did
Hip-Hop
" Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? Why is metal a conductor of electricity, and wood is not, but you're more likely to be struck by lightning when standing under a tree? These are questions that require science to answer. "
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Green
Blue
Science
" Emceeing has always been about making the most intellectual, most creative, wittiest rhyme as possible regardless of any subject. It was always about bringing the best out of yourself. "
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Creative
Intellectual
Yourself
" Wu-Tang has opened many doors for hip hop. "
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Many
Doors
Hip
" There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard way. Like, you don't have to have a beat to write a song: sometimes you can write lyrics without the music. "
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Sometimes
Go
You
" Wu-Tang is looked at like the Rolling Stones of hip-hop. "
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Hip-Hop
Rolling
Stones