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"We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers."
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"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."
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"Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist."
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"The industry is a menace to artists."
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"I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own."
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"These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect."
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"Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way."
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"An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else."
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"I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason."
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"So So Def has been one of the most successful and consistent labels in the game in the last 10 years."
Success
"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."
Credibility
"I go to clubs and if I notice the DJs are playing the records faster, then I'll push the beats a little on the next record I make. A lot of people don't know how to watch out for things like that."
People
"I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page."
Music
"When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff."
People
"I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage."
Talent
"We're just welcoming people to our city."
People
"People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else."
People
"If you don't know by now, you're never going to know."
Now
"My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown."
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