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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The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.
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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 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'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.
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I'm so secluded, and I'm so private.
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If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.
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I have social anxiety.
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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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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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My father is the oldest of seven boys.
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There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to.
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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'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 don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.
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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 am never going to give music up.
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I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.
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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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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 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 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.