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" I'm constantly writing. "
Gza
Writing
Constantly
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" You are like a sponge when you are young. "
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" I'm a scientist by nature and not by trade. "
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" I wasn't raised a vegetarian. I wish I was, though. I mean, that's really the best way to go. I just learned at a young age and stopped eating some things. "
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" I never really thought I had an extensive vocabulary like that, and I'm not an avid reader. I didn't read a lot growing up - at all. "
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" Snowboarding is skateboarding without the wheels, just on snow. It's the same thing, just that one is on hard ground with the wheels, the other is on snow. You just have to know how to maneuver your board and do things you want to do. "
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" My favorite subjects was science and math. But as I got older, I was hanging out cutting class, going to hooky parties. "
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" I remember the first 45 record I bought. It was called 'A Dog a Donut'; it was a breakbeat. Actually, I think I bought two at one time, and the other one was 'Dance to the Drummer's Beat.' Those are breakbeats. I paid a dollar for it, for each one. Your average producer or DJ would know who came out with those. "
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" 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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Understanding
" 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. "
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Career
Able
" We were always scientifical in our raps. "
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" I usually do about five drafts per rhyme for each song. "
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About
Rhyme
" One of the basic principles when you dealing with mathematics and Islam: Seek knowledge. "
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Mathematics
Principles
" I'm not a sports person, but every now and then, I incorporate sports in my rhymes because I'm always grabbing from certain things and getting inspired by something whether I'm totally involved in it or not. "
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Always
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Person
" I love nature, and I love information. "
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Love
I Love
" People say Wu-Tang makes you think too much. What's wrong with thinking? "
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Thinking
Think
People
" Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major role in a lot of music we were doing. "
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Play
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Know
" Everything is always coming from something else. Even if you create something, it has to be inspired by something else. If you think of Apple and Steve Jobs, he had to be inspired by something that launched the ideas in his head. "
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" Education is the tool. Even if we haven't directly instructed a session, I think Wu-Tang has been an instructor of education to anyone who has been a fan, anyone who has supported our movement, whether its been from buying a Wu-Tang CD or coming to see a show. "
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" Some of us don't respect water. We waste it and pour it out. But a lot of disastrous stuff involves water. Tsunamis. Hurricanes. "
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Water
Waste
Respect
" I like science and mathematics. When I say mathematics, I don't mean algebra or math in that sense, but the mathematics of things. "
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Mean
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" 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. "
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Parking
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Why
" Some MCs don't take the time to take a beat home or just vibe with it and just figure out, 'How do I attack this track?' "
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" Like MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we face off with each other lyrically, we challenge each other's minds on the chessboard. Sharpen each other's swords. "
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Minds
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" I think, as an artist, the overall goal is to teach and educate no matter what the song is about. Somewhere where a listener can get something out of it, something that can give them help to move forward, help them learn something, analyze something in a different way, or think about something. "
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Forward
Goal
Help
" It's gonna sound so boring to most people. There have been times when I've been told, 'Oh, you're doing an album about physics? I hope it's not boring.' They don't get the idea. Because rappers are so one-dimensional, so narrow-minded, it comes off corny. "
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Sound
You
Doing
" I think artists sometimes go back to something when we never should, for many different reasons. You hear a lot of stories that make you feel good about the work and the project; sometimes you try to relive that, like, 'I want to make a part two.' "
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You
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" Music is forever changing. "
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Changing
Music
Forever
" A lot of artists think that to be current, you have to follow what's out there and do something that's so unlike what you normally do. It can work, but it doesn't if you chase it. "
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You
Chase
Follow
" Wu-Tang has only done, like, three rehearsals throughout our whole career. "
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Career
Three
Our