Dr. Dre Quotes
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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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It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just slide one lever to a certain point, and it just - it's a certain feeling that it gives you when you know it's right.
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I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.
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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.
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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.
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I'm so secluded, and I'm so private.
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I have social anxiety.
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If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.
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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.
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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.
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My father is the oldest of seven boys.
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I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.
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There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to.
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I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.
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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.
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I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.
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I have tons of music stashed.
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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.
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I had fun doing it, but acting ain't really my thing. I am more of a production/director type. I would rather be behind the scenes and organizing and putting things together like that.
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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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The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.
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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.
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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.
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I am never going to give music up.