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" 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. "

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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. "

" I am never going to give music up. "

" My father is the oldest of seven boys. "

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

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

" There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music. "

" When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time. "

" In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that. "

" I just want people to hear the music the way it's suppose to sound, the way we meant for them to hear it. You sit in the studio all this time and make the music, tweak it, try to get it perfect. They should be able to hear it that way. "

" Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth. "

" I'm going to record forever. "

" 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. "

" Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "

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

" You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen. "

" I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting. "

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

" 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 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. "

" Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is. "

" I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record. "

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

" The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS. "

" 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? "

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