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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.
Mike D The Beastie Boys
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We make all the decisions on our records... We have complete veto power.
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Sexism is deeply rooted in our history and society that waking up and stepping outside of it is like I'm watching 'Night of the Living Dead Part Two' all day, every day.
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Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.
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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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I don't like the George Costanza-style wallet.
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It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.
Mike D The Beastie Boys
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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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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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I do really enjoy Jay McInerney's wine writing. He's a good writer. He brings his fiction-writing skillset. He's not afraid to put wine in kind of a racy context and speak very candidly about it.
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When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once you had a second kid, you immediately left, so the kids could run around outside.
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I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
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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.
Mike D The Beastie Boys
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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 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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I would say think about the thing that makes you happiest, and do that. If it's drawing or dancing or listening to music or bowling, whatever it is that makes you happy, I would focus on that, and you'll definitely gain some confidence.
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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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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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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.
Mike D The Beastie Boys
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We did make fools of ourselves, but people were into it.
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Every vote matters.
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Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.
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I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.
Ad-Rock The Beastie Boys