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" I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time. "

" Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is. "

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

" Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented. "

" No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. "

" I have tons of music stashed. "

" I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea. "

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" I'm so secluded, and I'm so private. "

" I get butterflies every time a record comes out. I'm like, 'I hope people like it. I hope people buy it.' "