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" So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints. "

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" I think exclusivity is important in life. When you look at a hot pair of Jordans, not everybody got them - it's a limited run. You look at guitars. When Gibson made the robot guitar, it was a limited run. "

" Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that. "

" While a lot of hip-hop was inspired by jazz or James Brown samples and was made to be played live in the clubs, I made hip-hop that was made for MCs to eat the mic up. It was an aggressive form of hip-hop. It was made just for hip-hop. It's not made to sing or dance to, though you can if you want. "

" Every time I make a new album, I get better and better. "

" I'm addicted to music. "

" We think it's a blessing that we were able to bring our music to the world. That our music has not only inspired our communities but other communities. That's one of the greatest things an artist in any field could know: that you've touched the mind of another artist. "

" I stopped with the red meat, let go of turkey and chicken, and then I held onto fish. When we finished 'Wu-Tang Forever,' I felt like I evolved and completely dived into veganism. "

" If you keep eating McDonald's, you gonna get sick. You need a real home-cooked meal. And I knew that that would be healthier. And that's what Wu-Tang was: It was a home-cooked meal of hip-hop. Of the real people. "

" You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life. "

" I'm grateful for what I've accomplished. I'm grateful for anyone who thinks I accomplished something and says, 'Well he did this; he did that.' "

" Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects too much. The laundry's there. The grocery store is there. Everything takes place right there. When I got knowledge of myself and thought about moving around the city, hip-hop was something that helped me. "

" When I first heard hip-hop, in 1976, there were maybe only 500 people that could do it. "

" Art - the beautiful thing about art, from my standpoint, is that it has no discrimination. "

" I'm not the first guy to make a record or to make hip-hop, but I did it differently. "

" Wu-Tang Clan's first album, '36 Chambers,' there wasn't a lot of money given to make that album. "

" Of course black lives matter. All lives matter. I stopped eating meat because their lives matter to me. I don't think it's necessary for us to grow a cow to kill it. "

" The whole first 100 Wu-Tang songs was made on an ASR-10. "

" I'm me, and the me that's me is me and is going to continue to be me, and it's always reaching and growing. "

" I didn't learn black history in school. I had to go find Malcolm X books. "

" I love the Bee Gees, and I love Barry Gibb and Andy Gibb. I listen to them almost every day. "

" Twenty percent of my records, you'll find a loop, like two or three loops per album out of 13 or 15 songs. I'd rather keep it like that. "

" Because I have so many brothers and sisters, I think I'm able to have a certain patience. "

" If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest could even be a jazz record. 'Bring Da Ruckus,' you gotta call it hip-hop. "

" The spaghetti Western genre is definitely one of favorites. "

" I've helped save so many families with my music and inspire so many people. "

" I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable. "

" Wisdom is important in every man's life. "

" When you prepare for something, it's like jumping into cold water, but you're prepared. You jump in. And you start swimming, or if you don't swim, you drown. "

" When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length. "

" I love W.C. Fields. I can watch all the Laurel & Hardys. "