Top 134 Quotes & Sayings by Dr. Dre - Page 2

The reason 'Detox' didn't come out was because I didn't like it.

When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.

In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.

I don't make records so I can sit down afterward and listen to them. I make them so other people can sit down and listen to them.

It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just slide one lever to a certain point, and it just - it's a certain feeling that it gives you when you know it's right.

I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living.

A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music.

I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers.

I don't think I would go back and change anything that's happened in my career, because maybe those things were steppingstones to where I am now.

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.

There's actually a lot of producers that I like to listen to.

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.

It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that?

My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.

There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

I've sold a lot of records. Did I keep other artists from eating?

I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.

'Straight Outta Compton' is the album I'm least happy with. I threw it together in six weeks so we could have something to sell out of the trunk.

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.

The difference between the headphones and making music, it's like, okay, I have a new business here that I'm proud of, but my soul still remains in the music-making process.

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

I sequence during the entire recording process. The sequencing changes as I'm recording and as I'm listening. From when I'm, like, four songs in, I start trying to figure out which song should come after which. Which is important, and it changes as the album goes.

I like working with new artists.

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

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.

Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown.

Somebody approached me about working with Michael Jackson, and I did say no because I like working with new artists or people that I've worked with in the past. I can develop them from the ground up. There's no set standard that I have to live up to or anything like that.

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

I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.

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?'

I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me.

I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.

I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.

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.

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.

I'd really like to do a movie, either as a producer or director. My ultimate fantasy would be to direct a movie and produce the entire soundtrack. I don't really see myself acting.

I'm not a big spender. I don't get into all the jewelry and all that.

I'm going to record forever.

You're a victim from my drive-by of thoughts.

Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.

Never let me slip cuz if I slip then I'm slippin'.

Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

When I'm lovin' these hoes, there ain't no love involved.

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

I apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.

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

I'm expressin' with my full capabilities, And now I'm livin in correctional facilities. Cause some don't agree with how I do this, I get straight and meditate like a Buddhist.

When I think of the future, I think a lot of Quincy Jones and how he is an inspiration. Look at the quality of his work over so many years. He didn't even make his best record, 'Thriller,' until he was 50. That gives me something to look forward to. Nothing pulls you back into the studio more than the belief that your best record is still ahead.

Clear communication. Respect. A lot of laughter. And a lot of orgasms. That's what makes a marriage work.

Don't be worried about the next man - make sure your business tight.

They wanna hang us, see us dead, or enslave us, keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous, run around stressed out and pull out gauges.

I don't have room in my life for folks that large and demanding.

I've got more class than most.

No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

It ain't that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, It's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Children listen, I'm trying to tell you something good, don't get caught up in the hood.