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7898 Musician Quotes

Like most people, I had several awakenings.

Like Most People Had
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When I originally came to the U.S., my mother came with a couple hundred dollars to her name. I didn't know we were struggling because she hid that from me.

When Originally Came To
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The one thing that I learner in college, actually, was that you may reach tremendous highs and tremendous lows.

The One Thing That
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I thought I had everything going for me. I wasn't listening to nobody. And my dad was like, 'Uh-uh, you can't make money from music.

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I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.

I Was Raised Father
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My father raised me to build computers, hardware. Literally, as an 8 year old, I had a soldering iron and circuit boards, and this was in neighbourhoods that wouldn't have a whole lot of money or anything. And I figured out ways to just hustle.

My Father Raised Me
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If we can believe in our own value, then we won't try to denigrate and diss and just roast women all the time.

If We Can Believe
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I describe myself as a big kid with an old soul, I'm very playful whimsical, but I definitely have that old soul as well.

I Describe Myself Big
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The most important thing for me is the thing I strive for.

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I began my studies in a sound and electrical engineering program, but I ultimately created a major called 'Ritual Art.'

I Began My Studies
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It's better to do your purpose imperfectly than to do someone else's purpose perfectly.

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Everything you touch touches you.

Everything Touch Touches You
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I don't have one geographic location that I'm exclusively loyal to.

I Don't Have One
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Nothing I'm doing is without its predecessors.

Nothing I Am Doing
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I like quality over quantity.

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In Brooklyn, all the kids call me the 'Willy Wonka of the Hood.'

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If one door is closed, break a window anyway.

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For me, I wear a suit because I need to remember what's happened before me.

For Me Wear Suit
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I think a lot of people try to be someone else, and Young Thug really is who he is. I love his melodies, how he dresses, how he carries himself.

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We're social beings, and I need to know and remember where I came from.

We Are Social Being
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When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.

When I Was Boy
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First of all, I respect The Game. He's trail-blazed for artists like myself. I appreciate him, having - living in L.A. myself and knowing what he stands for and what he stood for.

First Of All Respect
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I started singing because it was a natural evolution in hip-hop to me. Without Prince, I wouldn't have embraced that. I wouldn't have been able to embrace me.

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In music, I wanted to make sure I was innovating.

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I'm the guy on the corner that is slightly peculiar but fun and funky.

I'm The Guy Other
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Willy Wonka had his chocolate factory; I have my Fear & Fancy Parlor.

Willy Wonka Had His
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There was no question that I was going to school.

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I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.

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In 1999, I just came out of putting out the song 'Vivrant Thing' and 'Breathe and Stop' off the 'Amplified' album. Clive Davis signed me to Arista.

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It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'

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I feel like Obama in a way. His idea that hope means not shrinking from a fight; it's the courage to reach for something. My music is that. Those are principles I try to embody.

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I shot a movie with Nicole Kidman that I got cut out of - it was crap anyways.

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One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.
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For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!

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I read the Koran and it appealed to me. At the time I was agnostic and it really breathed spiritually back into me. For me it's really a cushion; it's cool, I'm cool with it.

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I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, he's not playing something anyone has heard before. It's pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.

Anyone Beat Before Cool
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According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.

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My first gig was at Radio City Music Hall when I was 13.

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I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1 percent tax bracket, but I'm not a man of wealth.

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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

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I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.

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I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.

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I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.

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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

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In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

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My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.
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The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.

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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.

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Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

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