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" In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from. "

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" I'm always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with. "

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" I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again. "

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

" I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living. "

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" I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls. "

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" No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song that plays next. "

" Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown. "

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" 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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" It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea. "

" I don't make records so I can sit down afterward and listen to them. I make them so other people can sit down and listen to them. "

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