Dr. Dre Quotes
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I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that.
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In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.
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The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song.
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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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Eminem is just incredible. That's the word that comes to mind: 'incredible.'
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Somebody approached me about working with Michael Jackson, and I did say no because I like working with new artists or people that I've worked with in the past. I can develop them from the ground up. There's no set standard that I have to live up to or anything like that.
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You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally.
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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.
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A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music.
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I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.
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Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.
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There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop.
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I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.
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I'm going to record forever.
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I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.
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I've always been a lunatic.
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Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes.
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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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Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO.
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No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song that plays next.
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In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is the album I'm least happy with. I threw it together in six weeks so we could have something to sell out of the trunk.
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When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go.
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The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.