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" People say Wu-Tang makes you think too much. What's wrong with thinking? "

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" Some MCs don't take the time to take a beat home or just vibe with it and just figure out, 'How do I attack this track?' "

" I think, as an artist, the overall goal is to teach and educate no matter what the song is about. Somewhere where a listener can get something out of it, something that can give them help to move forward, help them learn something, analyze something in a different way, or think about something. "

" Emceeing has always been about making the most intellectual, most creative, wittiest rhyme as possible regardless of any subject. It was always about bringing the best out of yourself. "

" I'm not a sports person, but every now and then, I incorporate sports in my rhymes because I'm always grabbing from certain things and getting inspired by something whether I'm totally involved in it or not. "

" Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more. "

" It's gonna sound so boring to most people. There have been times when I've been told, 'Oh, you're doing an album about physics? I hope it's not boring.' They don't get the idea. Because rappers are so one-dimensional, so narrow-minded, it comes off corny. "

" Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it. "

" I'm always touching plants and vibing with them. "

" I'm a scientist by nature and not by trade. "

" I could write about a pencil if I wanted to. You just take it back deep enough, all the way back to the tree it came from. "

" Learn all you can learn. Never stop learning. "

" I drink a lot of juice. "

" Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me. "

" Oh, hip hop is always changing. "

" Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me, that's good music. "

" If you hear people talking about the Golden Era of rap, they're usually talking about the early Wu Tang Clan era and then Nas and Biggie and so on. But for me, it goes back to the '80s - 1986 to 1989. "

" I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian. "

" I was always interested in skateboarding, BMX bike riding, flipping, gymnastics. Anything with tumbling, turning, twisting, and extreme sports. "

" I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs that were playing disco, funk, and pop music, and we would gather round, go to the parks, and dance and enjoy ourselves. "

" I like snowboarding, and I like to watch it. "

" New York is the hometown I represent. "

" It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write. "

" Chess is a game of stimulation. "

" I don't like to just be simple. Even though some of my stuff can seem simple at times, I like to write in a way that, when you listen to it over and over again, you hear something new, and it requires you to think. "

" As you grow and get older, you evolve. "

" In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story. "

" Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s. "

" I played on a 10'x10' chessboard at a hotel in Miami. The pieces were heavy, and I got tired just making a move. Not cool with that. "

" I don't think people have ever really been in touch with science. They're drawn to it, but they don't know why they're drawn to it. For example, you may be blown away by the structure of something, like a soccer ball or a geodesic dome, with its hexagonal shapes. "

" I think every being in the universe is connected somehow. "