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" I'm so secluded, and I'm so private. "
Dr. Dre
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" 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. "
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" Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down. "
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" 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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" The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business. "
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" The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together. "
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" No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. "
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" 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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" The reason 'Detox' didn't come out was because I didn't like it. "
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" I'm a fan of J. Cole. "
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" I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel, and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it. "
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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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" I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers. "
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" It's always been difficult to make a good record. "
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Difficult
Always
Been
" 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. "
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American Dream
Creative
Money
" I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me. "
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Air
Stop
Never
" 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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Enough
Good
" 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 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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Love
Challenges
New Things
" I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail. "
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Than
Rather
Jail
" The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS. "
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God
Two
" I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives. "
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I Believe In
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Lived
" 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. "
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People
You
" I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet. "
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See
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" I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it. "
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Passion
Myself
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" I'm going to record forever. "
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" I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living. "
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Hard
Work Hard
Work
" 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. "
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" In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet. "
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Fact
Reality
Just