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" Rap - it's a childhood passion. Writing rhymes, it's something that I was doing before rap records even existed. And I will continue to write until I can't write anymore. "

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" Everything is always coming from something else. Even if you create something, it has to be inspired by something else. If you think of Apple and Steve Jobs, he had to be inspired by something that launched the ideas in his head. "

" As far as being a vegetarian, it's a moral thing, a health thing, a conscious thing - a combination of all. I think it's better to be that way. "

" I am honored that 'Liquid Swords,' the song and album, have been so widely embraced for so long. "

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" Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning. "

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" I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how I construct the rhymes. "

" 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. "

" Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning. "

" I think I'm okay; I got a pretty good shot when I concentrate. I like pool. "

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" I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I can put on bread with mayo and eat, y'know. "

" Wu-Tang has opened many doors for hip hop. "

" One of the basic principles when you dealing with mathematics and Islam: Seek knowledge. "

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

" 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. "

" When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want to be 'back in the game' or 'back on the block' - that's typical. I made it all metaphorical. "

" When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was singing and flowing on it. He was right in the pocket. "

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" I'm a late-night person who likes to eat a lot of breakfast stuff at night. "

" You are like a sponge when you are young. "

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

" I think all artists want that plaque, whether it's Gold or Platinum or multi-platinum. I think we all look forward to getting a plaque and hanging it on your wall and having something to show for the music that you've created. "

" Even if we didn't make records, we would have done it on the side for fun. Like, some painters sell their work; others just keep it - they love to do it whether they get paid or not. "

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

" We were always scientifical in our raps. "

" I wasn't raised a vegetarian. I wish I was, though. I mean, that's really the best way to go. I just learned at a young age and stopped eating some things. "

" Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major role in a lot of music we were doing. "

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

" I love nature, and I love information. "

" Rap has always had a braggadocios flavour to it. That goes all the way back to 'Rapper's Delight.' "

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