Mike D Quotes
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Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.
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We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too.
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Obviously, there are moments that you look back at and cringe - things in the past involving violence or disrespect to women or disrespect to other people that are so far away from what I want to put out there now. But it's actually a privilege to be able to change and be making records that reflect that change.
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In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.
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On 'Check Your Head' and 'Ill Communication,' most of the lyrics are much more, 'OK, you take that, and I'll say that' - they're split up.
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Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world.
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I was going to clubs in Manhattan when I was 14.
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It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a fashion house.
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I don't know if it's just me getting older or if it's a reflection of times changing, but it just seems to me like among most of my friends and peers, there's a lot more time being spent at home than out.
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For 'Paul's Boutique,' we had a lot more money and a lot more time. It was definitely more on our own terms.
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Every vote matters.
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What a lot of the world missed was just how caring New York became post-9/11.
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I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like my closest older brother. There's just so much that we lived through together.
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When I first became aware of music, it was probably the same way a lot of people do - even more suburban or rural people - from my older brothers playing music.
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I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
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It's what happens when you've been in the game a long time. We had to grow up in a very public way.
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To me, the whole thing with the roots of rap music was when the DJ had to supply all the music for the group with two turntables. And the whole criteria of what that DJ would use had nothing to do with what type of band made a record.