Quotes from Dr. Dre

I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically.

I'm always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with.

Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is.

In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from.

Every person walking has some kind of talent that they can get on tape.

No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song that plays next.

People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself.

An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

I get butterflies every time a record comes out. I'm like, 'I hope people like it. I hope people buy it.'

I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls.

Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.

I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.

People aren't hearing all the music.

I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me.

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea.

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

I'm bad for your health, like puttin' a pistol up to your face and blastin' yourself.

When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go.

I think it's incredible what I've done. A lot of sweat. But as an innovator, I look back and can't help but go, 'Damn, there's things I could've done better, you know?'

Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO.

Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.