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" The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song. "

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" 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've never considered myself a rapper. I know how to do it. I know how to make my voice project, and I know how to stay on beat and what have you, but I've never considered myself a rapper. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't make records so I can sit down afterward and listen to them. I make them so other people can sit down and listen to them. "

" Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown. "

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

" When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut. "

" The difference between the headphones and making music, it's like, okay, I have a new business here that I'm proud of, but my soul still remains in the music-making process. "

" I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E. "

" I'm a fan of J. Cole. "

" I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically. "

" 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. "

" It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea. "

" I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls. "

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

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

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

" There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music. "

" I've always been a lunatic. "

" 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. "

" Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down. "

" Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible. "

" 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. "

" I'm going to record forever. "

" I like working with new artists. "