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" I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less. "

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

" When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go. "

" Eminem is just incredible. That's the word that comes to mind: 'incredible.' "

" 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. "

" I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental. "

" 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. "

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

" A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music. "

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

" I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me. "

" I have social anxiety. "

" I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now. "

" I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can hear the sequence of an album as I'm going, but I wasn't able to do that. I wasn't feeling it in my gut. "

" There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to. "

" 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. "

" If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects. "

" 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? "

" I'm so secluded, and I'm so private. "

" I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it. "

" 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. "

" I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know. "

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

" There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop. "

" My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time. "

" I get butterflies every time a record comes out. I'm like, 'I hope people like it. I hope people buy it.' "

" I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album. "

" I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible. "