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" I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail. "
Dr. Dre
Than
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Jail
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" People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself. "
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Easy
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" I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know? "
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" I've always been a lunatic. "
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Always
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" Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started. "
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" I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living. "
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Hard
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" I am never going to give music up. "
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I Am
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" If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects. "
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Anything
History
" In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not. "
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Opinion
" I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me. "
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Always
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Me
" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm going to record forever. "
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Record
Forever
Going
" Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. "
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Mission
Goes
" There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music. "
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Up
Original
" I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere. "
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Sports
Home
Loved
" Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown. "
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Three
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Me
" 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. "
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Mercedes
Bank
House
" 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. "
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House
Song
Remember
" 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. "
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Heart
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Like
" Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO. "
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Back
You
Down
" I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then. "
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Try
Enough
Good
" 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. "
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Never
You
Voice
" I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives. "
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I Believe In
Believe
Lived
" In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet. "
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" 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? "
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Weird
People
Money
" The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business. "
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Making
Exciting
Part
" It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just slide one lever to a certain point, and it just - it's a certain feeling that it gives you when you know it's right. "
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Interesting
You
Start
" Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth. "
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Women
" Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good. "
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