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" I will say, for Wu-Tang, money wasn't the motivation, it was artistic domination. "

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" I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer. "

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" I stopped with the red meat, let go of turkey and chicken, and then I held onto fish. When we finished 'Wu-Tang Forever,' I felt like I evolved and completely dived into veganism. "

" I will keep a Bible or Koran on me at all times - the Bible I can actually carry on my phone, and any hotel you go to has a Bible, but the Koran is harder. I keep a physical Koran in my guitar case and put it on the table in hotel rooms so after a day's work, I can read a few verses. "

" I keep all my work and files and kung-fu movies on my laptop because sometimes you travel, and the Internet is slow. "

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" To me, Wu-Tang is beyond Wu-Tang Clan... It's just like, hip-hop is beyond Grandmaster Flash, but Grandmaster Flash was one of the first guys to hit those turntables like that. The same thing with Wu-Tang. You'll see the difference in hip-hop from the moment we came in to before we came in. We changed it. We changed the whole structure. "

" I love Paul Simon... his lyrics. "