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" I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet. "
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Time
Even
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" You know, I do music. If you look under the hood of the industry I'm in, it's all based on technology. From radio to phonographs to CDs, it's all technology. Microphones, reel-to-reels, cameras, editing, chips, it's all technology. "
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" I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess. "
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Out
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" I'm a fan of X-men. "
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Fan
X-Men
" Here's the problem: Profiteers haunt America, and for everything we try to control, someone's going to profit from it, more than you control it. "
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Control
You
America
" Not many people give you a vision of what the future will bring. "
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Future
People
Vision
" There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?' "
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Sometimes
Culture
Meet
" My attention span is very short. "
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Short
Attention
Attention Span
" Code writers, they are my idols. "
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Writers
Code
Idols
" I don't despise people. "
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Despise
People
" Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of hip-hop? "
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Hip-Hop
Question
Money
" Philanthropy is my job. "
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Job
Philanthropy
" I don't want to be on stage when I'm 57, talking about... 'Let's Get It Started.' "
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Started
Want
Talking
" I am hip-hop! "
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I Am
Hip-Hop
Am
" I don't want to preach to people. "
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Preach
People
Want
" Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually end up limiting what hip-hop can be. "
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People
Websites
Think
" I remember when I was 19, it was pretty tough. "
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Remember
Remember When
Tough
" I know people in gangs; I could have went down that route. "
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Could
Route
People
" I can't be quiet, as that's when I notice the ringing in my ears. "
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Ears
Notice
Ringing
" If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss. "
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Mom
Growing Up
Growing
" If my mind's not trying to fix something or create something, I don't know what to do. It just throws me off. "
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Fix
Know
Me
" We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them. "
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Control
Politicians
Terrorism
" Releasing an album on a major label is like sending a package through Fed Ex. You know that it'll get there, and you know that it'll get there on time. "
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Through
Package
Like
" Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society. "
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Damage
Society
Us
" I have ADHD. I'll admit it. "
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Admit
" My mom's never been married. I've never even seen my mom kiss a dude. "
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Been
Married
Never
" Most kids are not dreaming of being programmers, scientists or engineers. "
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Being
Dreaming
Engineers
" I don't like politics. "
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Politics
Like
" I remember when I was 11, I told my mom, 'One day I'm going to buy you a house.' And she said, 'Boy, don't you be making promises you can't keep.' I was like: 'No, Ma, it's not a promise. I'm going to buy you a house one day.' "
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Promises
Mom
Day
" When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time. "
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Dress
School
Mom
" There's only one type of music and that's good music, no matter what genre it is. "
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Matter
Only
Music