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" When I was growing up, to be an emcee meant to write the most clever, intellectual, and wittiest rap. And that's what we did. "

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" If you take a song like 'We Will, We Will Rock You,' 'You got blood on your face... ' - he's rhyming on that! And if you take the lyrics out of that song, you get a hip-hop beat. It's a rock song, though. So it's not out of my element for me to get with Black Lips. "

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" I drink a lot of juice. "

" Oh, hip hop is always changing. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims on a car? It's ridiculous. There's no substance. It's a hollow shell. "

" I usually do about five drafts per rhyme for each song. "

" When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids. "

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

" Since early childhood, I've been trying to learn all I can. Science is everything; it's not just physics. It's the way of understanding your environment, the world around you. "

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

" 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. "

" A song is composed of music and lyrics: 50 percent is the producer, 50 percent is the artist. So, I'm responsible for 50 percent. All I know is that I have to do my job, and I have to do it well. And he has to do the same. "

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

" I used to make demo tapes with cats that rocked with Russell Simmons and people like that. The history goes so far back; I've always been really focused on writing dope rhymes. "

" I think artists sometimes go back to something when we never should, for many different reasons. You hear a lot of stories that make you feel good about the work and the project; sometimes you try to relive that, like, 'I want to make a part two.' "

" 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. "

" Education is the tool. Even if we haven't directly instructed a session, I think Wu-Tang has been an instructor of education to anyone who has been a fan, anyone who has supported our movement, whether its been from buying a Wu-Tang CD or coming to see a show. "

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

" My favorite subjects was science and math. But as I got older, I was hanging out cutting class, going to hooky parties. "

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

" I like broccoli. I like rice. I like carrots. I like vegetable juices. Y'know? I mean, I'm with all that. "

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

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

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" Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an intellectual pursuit. "

" I just listen to a lot of stuff. Sometimes I play music; a lot of times, it will be stuff from back in the day. Sometimes I scan through the radio. Not the average stations that play the everyday thing. "

" 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. "

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

" There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard way. Like, you don't have to have a beat to write a song: sometimes you can write lyrics without the music. "

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