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

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" There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is. "

" I've always been a lunatic. "

" There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to. "

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

" Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started. "

" 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. "

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

" I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me. "

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

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

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

" My father is the oldest of seven boys. "

" Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "

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

" 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. "

" I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental. "

" I'm going to record forever. "

" 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 sequence during the entire recording process. The sequencing changes as I'm recording and as I'm listening. From when I'm, like, four songs in, I start trying to figure out which song should come after which. Which is important, and it changes as the album goes. "

" 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. "

" If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects. "

" I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know? "

" 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. "