Mike D Quotes
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We make all the decisions on our records... We have complete veto power.
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Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.
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I was going to clubs in Manhattan when I was 14.
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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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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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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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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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Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world.
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For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.
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Every vote matters.
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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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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 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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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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What a lot of the world missed was just how caring New York became post-9/11.
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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.
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I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.