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" I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically. "

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" I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet. "

" Somebody approached me about working with Michael Jackson, and I did say no because I like working with new artists or people that I've worked with in the past. I can develop them from the ground up. There's no set standard that I have to live up to or anything like that. "

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

" 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 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. "

" The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song. "

" I'm going to record forever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel, and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it. "

" If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects. "

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

" I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album. "

" My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time. "

" You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen. "

" In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet. "

" Eminem is just incredible. That's the word that comes to mind: 'incredible.' "