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" When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time. "

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" 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. "

" I think it's incredible what I've done. A lot of sweat. But as an innovator, I look back and can't help but go, 'Damn, there's things I could've done better, you know?' "

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" My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time. "

" I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something. "

" 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. "

" I like working with new artists. "

" It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that? "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel, and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it. "

" I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record. "

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" 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. "

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