Dr. Dre Quotes
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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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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'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.
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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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If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.
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There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to.
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I'm so secluded, and I'm so private.
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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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I have social anxiety.
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My father is the oldest of seven boys.
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I am never going to give music up.
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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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The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.
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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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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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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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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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I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.
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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 can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.
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The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.
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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 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.
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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.