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"Music should be your escape."

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"It's just that back then we didn't know that was considered being a coproducer. I would sit on the side and say what I wanted musically, but at the time we thought if you aren't the one playing it, you don't get the credit. Now you'll start seeing my name listed as producer."

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"So evidently music was a killer app and is a killer app for computer and the Internet; it just took the tech industry a long time to hear that message."

"I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really."

"It was a great time to be making music because everything else was changing."

"Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy."

"I always think it's important to choose your initial theme very carefully because you're going to be married to it for a long time. You might have to generate an hour's worth of music from a very short, little piece of theme."

"In music the passions enjoy themselves."

"Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms."

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"Music should be your escape."

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"I want to be cutting-edge."

"You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time."

"What my home life is like now is great."

"I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine."

"My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father."

"It's just that back then we didn't know that was considered being a coproducer. I would sit on the side and say what I wanted musically, but at the time we thought if you aren't the one playing it, you don't get the credit. Now you'll start seeing my name listed as producer."

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