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" When I first heard hip-hop, in 1976, there were maybe only 500 people that could do it. "
Rza
First
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Only
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" My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine. "
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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 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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" I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in. "
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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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" A servant sometimes need to be served. "
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" Of course black lives matter. All lives matter. I stopped eating meat because their lives matter to me. I don't think it's necessary for us to grow a cow to kill it. "
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" I keep all my work and files and kung-fu movies on my laptop because sometimes you travel, and the Internet is slow. "
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Movies
Travel
" 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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Generation
" Growing up, all of my friends would set their schedules to the showing of kung fu movies on TV. "
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Growing Up
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" I have love for the entertainment side of the world. "
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World
Love
" I got a bad habit of creating. "
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Got
Bad
" If I'm a cop, and every time I see a young black youth - whether I watch them on TV, movies, or just see them hanging out - and they're not looking properly dressed, properly refined, you know, carrying himself, conducting himself proper hours of the day - things that a man does - you're going to have a certain fear and stereotype of them. "
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Man
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" When I was eight or nine years old, my older cousin took me to the St. George Theatre on Staten Island to see a Bruce Lee movie and a Jim Kelly movie. Those were my first martial-arts films, and I fell in love with the genre back then. "
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Theatre
See
" The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who never take that second look, never take that second thought. "
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Thinking
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Look
" I actually have eyes that irritate easily, so I wear the glasses to keep stuff out of my eyes. If you see me in shades indoors, you might be like, 'RZA is wearing shades inside. What the hell is going on?' I'm protecting my eyes, and I'm looking cool. "
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Looking
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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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Some People
" I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable. "
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Lot
" 'Rainy Dayz' and 'Glaciers of Ice,' those two songs - I mean, I just love those songs. "
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Rainy
Two
Just
" Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that. "
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Parenting
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" The whole first 100 Wu-Tang songs was made on an ASR-10. "
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" It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.' "
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Joy
Hear
Date
" 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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" I thought about doing '36 Chambers' on Broadway. "
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" I've helped save so many families with my music and inspire so many people. "
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Music
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" So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints. "
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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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" I didn't discover how music and film could work together until Jim Jarmusch had me do 'Ghost Dog.' "
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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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