Dr. Dre Quotes
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I can remember when I was just, like, about four years old in Compton, and my mother would have me stack 45s, stack about ten of them, and when one would finish, the next record would drop. It was like I was DJ'ing for the house, picking out certain songs and so this song would go after that song.
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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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There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music.
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My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.
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There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop.
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One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.
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Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.
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Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.
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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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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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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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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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In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.
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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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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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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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It's always been difficult to make a good record.
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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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I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.
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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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In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.
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I've always been a lunatic.
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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.