If I don`t win Album of the Year, I`m gonna have a problem with that... I said I was the face of the Grammys last year. [This year] I`m 10 times that!
Kanye West
I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E. There ain`t no question that N.W.A. became what it was in large part because of my music and my producing. Me and Eazy had agreed from Jump Street that we was to be partners. Now Eazy says he`s the owner o...
Dr. Dre
[On living in Asia for a year.] Most of the kids had never seen a black person before, so they`d come over to me and touch my face, thinkin` it was paint or something.
Kanye West
(On the mysogyny in his songs): "Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth. The sh*t I talk on records about black women is just that: sh*t."
Dr. Dre
[on his name change] You gonna see that in the entrance. You gonna see that swagger. You gonna see how I`m gonna navigate you through the journey.
Sean Combs
When we started the process, it was clear that I would stay on if nobody was hired, ... I enjoy working with kids, and I am excited about the upcoming school year at T.C. Williams.
John Porter
They keep the song as street as it needs to be. It`s got a good catchy hook where it can do what it needs to do on the radio, but they keep the song street where it will keep credibility in the hood.
Jermaine Dupri
There`s no better feeling than just going in and just working with someone and what comes out is something that the world knows about.
Pharrell Williams
The only point that I`m trying to make is that if they tell you to evacuate, you do it. That`s the only reason I`m talking - if it will help one person, if it will save one life.
John Porter
That was for a video, but the video to me is like the second part of the song because it is the interpretation given in a visual perspective.
Pharrell Williams
People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to do a difficult thing. A leader`s job is to help people have vision of their potential.
John Porter
I can always tell if a band have a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.
Kanye West
