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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.
Dr. Dre
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It's always been difficult to make a good record.
Dr. Dre
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I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.
Dr. Dre
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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.
Dr. Dre
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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.
Dr. Dre
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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.
Dr. Dre
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Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down.
Dr. Dre
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If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.
Dr. Dre
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My father is the oldest of seven boys.
Dr. Dre
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I am never going to give music up.
Dr. Dre
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The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.
Dr. Dre
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I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.
Dr. Dre
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I have social anxiety.
Dr. Dre
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I have tons of music stashed.
Dr. Dre
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I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.
Dr. Dre
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It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
Dr. Dre
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I'm so secluded, and I'm so private.
Dr. Dre
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I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting.
Dr. Dre
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There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to.
Dr. Dre
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I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now.
Dr. Dre
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Every person walking has some kind of talent that they can get on tape.
Dr. Dre
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I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.
Dr. Dre
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I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.
Dr. Dre
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I just want people to hear the music the way it's suppose to sound, the way we meant for them to hear it. You sit in the studio all this time and make the music, tweak it, try to get it perfect. They should be able to hear it that way.
Dr. Dre
