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" The spaghetti Western genre is definitely one of favorites. "
Rza
Genre
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Western
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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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" Growing up, all of my friends would set their schedules to the showing of kung fu movies on TV. "
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" I live a very satisfying life. Not because I've made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think that's the American dream: to be at peace at home. "
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" I'm a big fan of technology; I've been a geek since 1986... and I was spending all my paper money on gadgets. "
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" Wu-Tang Clan's first album, '36 Chambers,' there wasn't a lot of money given to make that album. "
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" I will keep a Bible or Koran on me at all times - the Bible I can actually carry on my phone, and any hotel you go to has a Bible, but the Koran is harder. I keep a physical Koran in my guitar case and put it on the table in hotel rooms so after a day's work, I can read a few verses. "
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" The 'Godfather I' and 'II,' those were real straight movies in my life. At the same time, so is 'Five Deadly Venoms,' if we go into kung-fu movies. "
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" 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. "
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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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Me
" I have to make beats every day. Wherever I go, I got a keyboard waiting for me. "
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Got
Day
" The whole first 100 Wu-Tang songs was made on an ASR-10. "
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" I always argue with a lot of people. They ask me for my top rappers, and he's always on my list. I mean, the GZA inspired me. "
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People
" You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life. "
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Arts
Life
" 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. "
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Quest
Tribe
" An artist is made to entertain. That's their primary goal, to entertain you. But some artists record the moments of time. You wouldn't know what was happening in the '20s and '30s; you got to check the song or art. "
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Art
Time
Song
" 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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Made
Make
Radio
" I was definitely a big Run-DMC fan. "
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Definitely
Big
Fan
" 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. "
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Chicken
Red
Meat
" 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. "
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Jump
Start
Swim
" When I first heard hip-hop, in 1976, there were maybe only 500 people that could do it. "
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First
People
Only
" I don't have the same respect for time as most people. I take that extra day to think about it. "
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Time
People
" We told you Wu-Tang was forever, and some people forgot that. It's not some fad. "
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You
Some People
" Method Man is a rough, rugged street dude, but all the girls love him. "
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Street
" I actually heard hip-hop before I saw a movie in a movie theater. I heard hip-hop first, at the tender age of seven, so that came first. I didn't see a movie until I was eight. "
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Age
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" I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped. "
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" When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave length. "
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" With '8 Diagrams,' I just skimmed the surface of musical exploration. "
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" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "
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Art
Focused
" One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis. "
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Gangs
New York
New
" I'm addicted to music. "
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