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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. "

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" I can remember when I was just, like, about four years old in Compton, and my mother would have me stack 45s, stack about ten of them, and when one would finish, the next record would drop. It was like I was DJ'ing for the house, picking out certain songs and so this song would go after that song. "

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House

Song

Remember

" I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls. "

" One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E. "

" 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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Song

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

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Always

Age

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

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

" My father is the oldest of seven boys. "

" I think it's incredible what I've done. A lot of sweat. But as an innovator, I look back and can't help but go, 'Damn, there's things I could've done better, you know?' "

" 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. "

" I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers. "

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

" 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? "

" Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown. "

Dr. Dre

Three

Song

" I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again. "

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

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

" It's always been difficult to make a good record. "

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

Dr. Dre

God

Two

" 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. "

Dr. Dre

Music

Original

" I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less. "

" I've always been a lunatic. "

" I have tons of music stashed. "

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Tons

Music

" Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is a hustler. In fact, he's what I call an extreme hustler. "

" Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth. "

" The difference between the headphones and making music, it's like, okay, I have a new business here that I'm proud of, but my soul still remains in the music-making process. "

" 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. "

" There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to. "

" If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all. "

" I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now. "