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" I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent. "
Rza
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" I'm glad Wu-Tang was able to inspire other producers and artists, but I would never want to be erased or removed. "
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" Of course black lives matter. All lives matter. I stopped eating meat because their lives matter to me. I don't think it's necessary for us to grow a cow to kill it. "
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" A lot of people don't know this about Wu-Tang, it started from a focused mind. I was given total autonomy to do whatever I want with them... They agreed, to me, to be a dictator for five years. And in those five years, it's considered some of our best work. "
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" I have to make beats every day. Wherever I go, I got a keyboard waiting for me. "
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" Growing up, all of my friends would set their schedules to the showing of kung fu movies on TV. "
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" My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine. "
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" When I made hip-hop, I made hip-hop. I didn't make R&B or make it for the radio. "
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" I thought that Wu-Tang was the best sword style - the best sword-style of martial arts. And the tongue is like a sword. And so I say that we have the best lyrics, so, therefore, we are the Wu-Tang Clan. "
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" If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest could even be a jazz record. 'Bring Da Ruckus,' you gotta call it hip-hop. "
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" I thought about doing '36 Chambers' on Broadway. "
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" I got a bad habit of creating. "
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Got
Bad
" I'm a director! I don't work with no amateurs! "
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" I love W.C. Fields. I can watch all the Laurel & Hardys. "
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" Beyond Greek mythology, history just didn't have a strong resonation with me. "
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Me
History
" You come to my studio, it says 'No photography on premises.' I picked that up from Kanye. We don't need all that. In the old days in the Wu, we didn't allow anybody in the studio, not even women. We didn't start allowing women until five years after our debut. ODB used to get mad. "
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Need
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" I have a special style of frying tofu that even the most carnivorous meat-and-potatoes eaters enjoy. "
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" With '8 Diagrams,' I just skimmed the surface of musical exploration. "
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" The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who never take that second look, never take that second thought. "
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Thinking
Think
Look
" When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown. "
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Jump
Start
Swim
" I always argue with a lot of people. They ask me for my top rappers, and he's always on my list. I mean, the GZA inspired me. "
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Top
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" I'm grateful for what I've accomplished. I'm grateful for anyone who thinks I accomplished something and says, 'Well he did this; he did that.' "
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Grateful
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" I don't have the same respect for time as most people. I take that extra day to think about it. "
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Time
People
" As a kid, I was naive. One thing I did have a dream of, though: I had a dream I would make a kung-fu movie. "
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Naive
One Thing
Though
" When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length. "
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Generation
" Everybody wants to be a good fighter. "
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