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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. "
Rza
Brother
Buy
Doer
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" We think it's a blessing that we were able to bring our music to the world. That our music has not only inspired our communities but other communities. That's one of the greatest things an artist in any field could know: that you've touched the mind of another artist. "
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" The 'Godfather I' and 'II,' those were real straight movies in my life. At the same time, so is 'Five Deadly Venoms,' if we go into kung-fu movies. "
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" Method Man is a rough, rugged street dude, but all the girls love him. "
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" The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a more proportionate ratio of films that tell our stories. "
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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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Book
" Every time I make a new album, I get better and better. "
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Time
Album
New
" I wrote a big animation scene for 'Iron Fists,' but we couldn't afford all that. "
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Animation
" 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
" 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. "
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Phone
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" 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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" I didn't discover how music and film could work together until Jim Jarmusch had me do 'Ghost Dog.' "
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Me
Music
" 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
Well
Something
" Wu-Tang Clan's first album, '36 Chambers,' there wasn't a lot of money given to make that album. "
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Clan
First
Lot
" I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books. "
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Go
History
Learn
" I'm addicted to music. "
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Addicted
Music
" I love the Bee Gees, and I love Barry Gibb and Andy Gibb. I listen to them almost every day. "
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Every Day
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Listen
" 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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" 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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Hip-Hop
Quest
Tribe
" I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable. "
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Make
Films
Lot
" 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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Made
Make
Radio
" I became a vegetarian in 1995. I had some fried chicken, and my teeth hit the bone. My mind said, 'Dead bird, dead bird.' It didn't feel right, so I stopped. I kept eating fish until one day, in 1997, the chef brought my ginger-fried snapper with the head still on it. "
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Chef
Eating
Bird
" If you let a man that you love or anybody - man, woman or child that you love - sit there and destroy themselves in front of you, you're neglecting them. "
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" Everybody wants to be a good fighter. "
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" Wisdom is important in every man's life. "
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Life
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" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "
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Creating
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Focused
" Because I have so many brothers and sisters, I think I'm able to have a certain patience. "
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Brothers
Because
Many
" The whole first 100 Wu-Tang songs was made on an ASR-10. "
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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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Want
Other
Never