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" I'm a late-night person who likes to eat a lot of breakfast stuff at night. "
Gza
Breakfast
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" There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard way. Like, you don't have to have a beat to write a song: sometimes you can write lyrics without the music. "
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Sometimes
Go
You
" When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want to be 'back in the game' or 'back on the block' - that's typical. I made it all metaphorical. "
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Back
Want
Iron
" Every family argues and goes through things. "
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Things
Every
Family
" Writing, for me, really started in the '70s as a young child. I used to read a lot of nursery rhymes, and I learned a lot of those rhymes word for word. "
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Me
Started
Child
" Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more. "
Gza
Plan
Stop
Over
" Oh, hip hop is always changing. "
Gza
Hop
Always
Changing
" Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s. "
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Youth
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" Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? Why is metal a conductor of electricity, and wood is not, but you're more likely to be struck by lightning when standing under a tree? These are questions that require science to answer. "
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Green
Blue
Science
" It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write. "
Gza
Parking
Life
Why
" Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it. "
Gza
Behind
Album
Concept
" I probably take about a month to write a song, depending on how much time I can dedicate to it, and it depends on how many hours a day there are and how many days in a week and weeks in a month. "
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I Can
" I've seen a dude who had the Wu logo tatted on his face. I mean, his whole face was tatted, but the Wu was the biggest thing on his face. That is a statement, something that means a lot to us. "
Gza
Face
Something
Us
" I get inspired by many different things. "
Gza
Many
Different
Get
" Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning. "
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Gratitude
Stop
Live
" I love nature, and I love information. "
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Nature
Love
I Love
" Since early childhood, I've been trying to learn all I can. Science is everything; it's not just physics. It's the way of understanding your environment, the world around you. "
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World
Science
Understanding
" I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian. "
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Indian
Thai
Some
" I think all artists want that plaque, whether it's Gold or Platinum or multi-platinum. I think we all look forward to getting a plaque and hanging it on your wall and having something to show for the music that you've created. "
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Forward
You
Think
" New York is the hometown I represent. "
Gza
Hometown
New
New York
" When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids. "
Gza
Growing
Growing Up
Person
" I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs that were playing disco, funk, and pop music, and we would gather round, go to the parks, and dance and enjoy ourselves. "
Gza
Go
Play
Music
" 'Liquid Swords' just represents a sharp tongue, sharp words. "
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Just
Liquid
Words
" Wu-Tang is looked at like the Rolling Stones of hip-hop. "
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Hip-Hop
Rolling
Stones
" Our love of kung fu goes back to the Bruce Lee days in the 1970s. Outside the action, we loved the interesting, heartfelt stories and the dialogue. It was RZA's idea to draw all that in there as samples. "
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Back
Loved
Action
" I've directed all my videos throughout my whole career, 'cause that's leeway. I was granted that opportunity to be able to do that. "
Gza
Opportunity
Career
Able
" I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims on a car? It's ridiculous. There's no substance. It's a hollow shell. "
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Car
Ridiculous
Way
" I think I'm okay; I got a pretty good shot when I concentrate. I like pool. "
Gza
Good
Like
Okay
" When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was singing and flowing on it. He was right in the pocket. "
Gza
Black
Lips
Me
" I'm constantly writing. "
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Writing
Constantly
" We've done a lot of shows and a few albums without Dirty. He was a wild and crazy dude. "
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Dirty
Done
Without