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" You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life. "
Rza
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" I tell my sons, I say, if you're going somewhere, you don't have to wear a hoodie - we live in New York, so a hoodie and all that is all good. But sometimes, you know, button up your shirt. Clean up. "
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" Beyond Greek mythology, history just didn't have a strong resonation with me. "
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" I think exclusivity is important in life. When you look at a hot pair of Jordans, not everybody got them - it's a limited run. You look at guitars. When Gibson made the robot guitar, it was a limited run. "
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" Method Man is a rough, rugged street dude, but all the girls love him. "
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" I got a bad habit of creating. "
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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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" The director can be a dictator, but it's not wise to be. You have to choose the days to be a dictator and the days to deal with diplomacy and democracy. Every great leader should know that, even a dictator. Tyrants get overthrown. "
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" I love W.C. Fields. I can watch all the Laurel & Hardys. "
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" As a kid, I was naive. One thing I did have a dream of, though: I had a dream I would make a kung-fu movie. "
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Though
" 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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" To me, Wu-Tang is beyond Wu-Tang Clan... It's just like, hip-hop is beyond Grandmaster Flash, but Grandmaster Flash was one of the first guys to hit those turntables like that. The same thing with Wu-Tang. You'll see the difference in hip-hop from the moment we came in to before we came in. We changed it. We changed the whole structure. "
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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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" I love the Bee Gees, and I love Barry Gibb and Andy Gibb. I listen to them almost every day. "
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Listen
" My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine. "
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Age
Bible
Book
" Directing is such a high. It's the hardest job ever, but I really love doing 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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Movies
" 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
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" I love Paul Simon... his lyrics. "
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Simon
I Love
Love
" I'm addicted to music. "
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Addicted
Music
" 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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Make
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Lot
" A lot of people don't know this about Wu-Tang, it started from a focused mind. I was given total autonomy to do whatever I want with them... They agreed, to me, to be a dictator for five years. And in those five years, it's considered some of our best work. "
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" As I grew older and got into the late teens and early 20s, I wanted to be a voice of the people. You know, getting locked up all the time and going through so much oppression and seeing it all around myself, I wanted to be a voice for it. "
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" With '8 Diagrams,' I just skimmed the surface of musical exploration. "
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Time
Album
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" Because I have so many brothers and sisters, I think I'm able to have a certain patience. "
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" I was writing lyrics since I was nine years old, so by age 15, I was feeling pretty confident about my talent. "
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Confident
Talent
Feeling
" 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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Time
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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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People
" I've helped save so many families with my music and inspire so many people. "
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People