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" Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is a hustler. In fact, he's what I call an extreme hustler. "

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" When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that? "

" I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically. "

" I'm a producer at heart. I like being in the control room and directing people. That's what I do. But I've gotten on the mic a few times in my career; people seem to like it, so I'll do it again here and there. But that's really not my thing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song. "

" My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time. "

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

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

" It's always been difficult to make a good record. "

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

" Every person walking has some kind of talent that they can get on tape. "

" If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all. "

" I like working with new artists. "

" 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. "

" I get butterflies every time a record comes out. I'm like, 'I hope people like it. I hope people buy it.' "

" I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives. "

" I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album. "

" 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. "

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