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" I've never considered myself a rapper. I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project, and I know how to stay on beat and what have you, but I've never considered myself a rapper. "

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" 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. "

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Home

Loved

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

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Private

" When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "

" 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. "

" I have tons of music stashed. "

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Tons

Music

" 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. "

" 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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Song

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

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

" I did record 'The Chronic' in 1992. The year was not a total loss. "

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

" I can remember when I was just, like, about four years old in Compton, and my mother would have me stack 45s, stack about ten of them, and when one would finish, the next record would drop. It was like I was DJ'ing for the house, picking out certain songs and so this song would go after that song. "

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

" I am never going to give music up. "

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Going

I Am

" I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet. "

" An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. "

" I've been studying the planets and learning the personalities of each planet. "

" I have social anxiety. "

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Social

Anxiety

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

" My father is the oldest of seven boys. "

" I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail. "

" Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win. "

" I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that. "

" 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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Easy

Thinking

" 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. "

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

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Always

Age

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

" I've sold a lot of records. Did I keep other artists from eating? "

" 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. "