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" When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids. "

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" I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims on a car? It's ridiculous. There's no substance. It's a hollow shell. "

" I'm a scientist by nature and not by trade. "

" It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write. "

" Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me, that's good music. "

" Wu-Tang is looked at like the Rolling Stones of hip-hop. "

" I've seen a dude who had the Wu logo tatted on his face. I mean, his whole face was tatted, but the Wu was the biggest thing on his face. That is a statement, something that means a lot to us. "

" Since early childhood, I've been trying to learn all I can. Science is everything; it's not just physics. It's the way of understanding your environment, the world around you. "

" Snowboarding is skateboarding without the wheels, just on snow. It's the same thing, just that one is on hard ground with the wheels, the other is on snow. You just have to know how to maneuver your board and do things you want to do. "

" I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything. "

" Chess is a game of stimulation. "

" I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how I construct the rhymes. "

" Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it. "

" Every family argues and goes through things. "

" Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning. "

" I get inspired by many different things. "

" I remember the first 45 record I bought. It was called 'A Dog a Donut'; it was a breakbeat. Actually, I think I bought two at one time, and the other one was 'Dance to the Drummer's Beat.' Those are breakbeats. I paid a dollar for it, for each one. Your average producer or DJ would know who came out with those. "

" I drink a lot of juice. "

" I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian. "

" I'm constantly writing. "

" Like MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we face off with each other lyrically, we challenge each other's minds on the chessboard. Sharpen each other's swords. "

" I like snowboarding, and I like to watch it. "

" There's no set way to do anything. Sometimes you have to go outside the box; sometimes you can do things the standard way. Like, you don't have to have a beat to write a song: sometimes you can write lyrics without the music. "

" It's gonna sound so boring to most people. There have been times when I've been told, 'Oh, you're doing an album about physics? I hope it's not boring.' They don't get the idea. Because rappers are so one-dimensional, so narrow-minded, it comes off corny. "

" I think every being in the universe is connected somehow. "

" I've directed all my videos throughout my whole career, 'cause that's leeway. I was granted that opportunity to be able to do that. "

" To write a story is to create a world of your own. "

" I don't like to just be simple. Even though some of my stuff can seem simple at times, I like to write in a way that, when you listen to it over and over again, you hear something new, and it requires you to think. "

" Everything is always coming from something else. Even if you create something, it has to be inspired by something else. If you think of Apple and Steve Jobs, he had to be inspired by something that launched the ideas in his head. "

" When we did 'Back In The Game' on the Wu-Tang 'Iron Flag' album, I did a verse about gambling. I didn't want to be 'back in the game' or 'back on the block' - that's typical. I made it all metaphorical. "

" Hip-hop is my vehicle for scientific enlightenment. It wasn't until my music career matured where I was exposed to science as an intellectual pursuit. "