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" The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country. "
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Black
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You
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" We told you Wu-Tang was forever, and some people forgot that. It's not some fad. "
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" I always had this imagination about making colorful movies. I use to walk to school and daydream about it. "
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" I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer. "
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" Every time I make a new album, I get better and better. "
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" The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a more proportionate ratio of films that tell our stories. "
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" When I made hip-hop, I made hip-hop. I didn't make R&B or make it for the radio. "
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" 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. "
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" I love Paul Simon... his lyrics. "
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" One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis. "
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" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "
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" That movie 'Hellraiser 2' - to me, that was the most evilest display of evil I've ever seen. I watched that movie ten times because I couldn't believe that each character became more evil than the other. "
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" 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. "
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" I love the Bee Gees, and I love Barry Gibb and Andy Gibb. I listen to them almost every day. "
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" I became a vegetarian in 1995. I had some fried chicken, and my teeth hit the bone. My mind said, 'Dead bird, dead bird.' It didn't feel right, so I stopped. I kept eating fish until one day, in 1997, the chef brought my ginger-fried snapper with the head still on it. "
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" 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. "
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" As I grew older and got into the late teens and early 20s, I wanted to be a voice of the people. You know, getting locked up all the time and going through so much oppression and seeing it all around myself, I wanted to be a voice for it. "
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