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" Somebody approached me about working with Michael Jackson, and I did say no because I like working with new artists or people that I've worked with in the past. I can develop them from the ground up. There's no set standard that I have to live up to or anything like that. "

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" Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented. "

Dr. Dre

Seriously

Artist

Here

" I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail. "

" I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record. "

" I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way. "

" When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time. "

" The reason 'Detox' didn't come out was because I didn't like it. "

" In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Dr. Dre

Heart

People

" People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself. "

Dr. Dre

Easy

Thinking

" Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good. "

" I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers. "

" I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that. "

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

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

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

" I have social anxiety. "

Dr. Dre

Social

Anxiety

" 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. "

" I've always been a lunatic. "

" You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen. "

" I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet. "

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

" I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere. "

" No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record. "

" Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO. "

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

" I have tons of music stashed. "

Dr. Dre

Tons

Music

" My father is the oldest of seven boys. "

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

Dr. Dre

Pregnant

Mother

" An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. "