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

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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. "

" The reason 'Detox' didn't come out was because I didn't like it. "

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

" In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've always been a lunatic. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I don't make records so I can sit down afterward and listen to them. I make them so other people can sit down and listen to them. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That's what I do. But I've gotten on the mic a few times in my career; people seem to like it, so I'll do it again here and there. But that's really not my thing. "

" 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 not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that. "

" 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. "

" 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 had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that. "

" 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? "

" I'm a fan of J. Cole. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just want people to hear the music the way it's suppose to sound, the way we meant for them to hear it. You sit in the studio all this time and make the music, tweak it, try to get it perfect. They should be able to hear it that way. "

" I've never considered myself a rapper. I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project, and I know how to stay on beat and what have you, but I've never considered myself a rapper. "