Top 125 Quotes & Sayings by Gza - Page 2

There were certain things that grabbed my interest, such as photosynthesis, such as us living off plants and plants living off us. You look at everything in that light - so if I'm looking at ice cubes, I might start thinking about absolute zero, or Fahrenheit and Celsius. There's so much that can make me think about science.

I think every being in the universe is connected somehow.

I'm constantly writing.

I could write about a pencil if I wanted to. You just take it back deep enough, all the way back to the tree it came from.

I think artists should really write more.

I wasn't raised a vegetarian. I wish I was, though. I mean, that's really the best way to go. I just learned at a young age and stopped eating some things.

Wu-Tang is a group that has a cult following.

I've seen a dude who had the Wu logo tatted on his face. I mean, his whole face was tatted, but the Wu was the biggest thing on his face. That is a statement, something that means a lot to us.

I've directed all my videos throughout my whole career, 'cause that's leeway. I was granted that opportunity to be able to do that.

A song is composed of music and lyrics: 50 percent is the producer, 50 percent is the artist. So, I'm responsible for 50 percent. All I know is that I have to do my job, and I have to do it well. And he has to do the same.

I drink a lot of juice.

'Liquid Swords' just represents a sharp tongue, sharp words.

People say Wu-Tang makes you think too much. What's wrong with thinking?

I think all artists want that plaque, whether it's Gold or Platinum or multi-platinum. I think we all look forward to getting a plaque and hanging it on your wall and having something to show for the music that you've created.

I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how I construct the rhymes.

To write a story is to create a world of your own.

Wu-Tang is looked at like the Rolling Stones of hip-hop.

I get inspired by many different things.

Wu-Tang has only done, like, three rehearsals throughout our whole career.

Everything is always coming from something else. Even if you create something, it has to be inspired by something else. If you think of Apple and Steve Jobs, he had to be inspired by something that launched the ideas in his head.

It's gonna sound so boring to most people. There have been times when I've been told, 'Oh, you're doing an album about physics? I hope it's not boring.' They don't get the idea. Because rappers are so one-dimensional, so narrow-minded, it comes off corny.

I don't think people have ever really been in touch with science. They're drawn to it, but they don't know why they're drawn to it. For example, you may be blown away by the structure of something, like a soccer ball or a geodesic dome, with its hexagonal shapes.

I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian.

I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs that were playing disco, funk, and pop music, and we would gather round, go to the parks, and dance and enjoy ourselves.

Every family argues and goes through things.

As you grow and get older, you evolve.

New York is the hometown I represent.

Some of us don't respect water. We waste it and pour it out. But a lot of disastrous stuff involves water. Tsunamis. Hurricanes.

I am honored that 'Liquid Swords,' the song and album, have been so widely embraced for so long.

I remember the first 45 record I bought. It was called 'A Dog a Donut'; it was a breakbeat. Actually, I think I bought two at one time, and the other one was 'Dance to the Drummer's Beat.' Those are breakbeats. I paid a dollar for it, for each one. Your average producer or DJ would know who came out with those.

I think, as an artist, the overall goal is to teach and educate no matter what the song is about. Somewhere where a listener can get something out of it, something that can give them help to move forward, help them learn something, analyze something in a different way, or think about something.

Some MCs don't take the time to take a beat home or just vibe with it and just figure out, 'How do I attack this track?'

Writing, for me, really started in the '70s as a young child. I used to read a lot of nursery rhymes, and I learned a lot of those rhymes word for word.

Documentaries sometimes can be shot over 10 years. You plan to stop in two, but you still gotta catch more.

I love physics.

It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write.

I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to be able to grab from many different sources to create your story.

I love nature, and I love information.

Hip-hop became the voice of rebellion and the youth, as rock music did in the '60s.

When I was growing up, I never really ate vegetables. I was just a hot dog, hamburger, French fry person like most kids.

She was superfly, Curtis may have feeled her ass

First of all, who's your A&R? A mountain climber who plays an electric guitar? But he don't know the meaning of dope, When he's lookin for a suit and tie rap That's cleaner than a bar of soap! And I'm the dirtiest thing in sight, Matter of fact, bring out the girls and let's have a mud fight.

I was always taught my do's and don'ts: For do's I did, and for don'ts, I said I won't.

Strictly excel in what is excellence with grace

Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment

Be doin artists in like Cain did Abel, Now they money's gettin stuck to the gum under the table.

When I was trekking across Brooklyn, looking for MC battles - and there were plenty of them - I never dreamed I'd be at this podium.

Where I come from, gettin visual is habitual...

So I don't only watch my back, I watch my front, Cause it's the niggaz who front, they be pulling stunts!

I got a smile that'll make the mirror crack, And I seem to stay under clouds that's pitch black. So when it rains, it pours, and when it pours, I'm soaked. I contracted lung cancer from third hand smoke, And I'm like the frog that's dying to be a prince, The boy who cried wolf and no one was convinced. The man who hit lotto and lost his ticket, In a rainstorm...and struck by lightning trying to get it.

In chess there can never be a favorite move. I can probably pinpoint in a specific game, there might be a move that was like, "Oh, that was a good move." And maybe certain moves turned the whole game around, but there's not one special move that does that, unless it's checkmate because that's when the game is over.

Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers.

Pass the bone, kid pass the bone, Let's get on this mission like Indiana Jones

I'm on a Mission, that niggaz say is Impossible, But when I swing my swords they all choppable, I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper, Child educator, plus head amputator.

I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed.

I won't hesitate to detonate, I'm short fused.

Too many songs, weak rhymes that's mad long. Make it brief son: half short, twice strong!

We haven't been on the same page in years. It is what it is. Sometimes that match burns out. So, no, I don't feel bad about it. It's good. I'm grateful for everything we have done throughout our careers and if there's nothing else to put out, then there's nothing to put out. I'm constantly writing and working. It doesn't stop there.

Energy is felt once the cards are dealt With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts that attack the microphone like cyclones or typhoons I represent from midnight to high noon.

I don't think I have a favorite chess move, other than checkmate, because each move is part of a combination of other moves. Just like I don't have a favorite piece, because they all work together. I mean, I love myself; I am the king on the board, but other pieces do different things and they all work together, so it's not one particular move unless it's checkmate because usually there's an answer. You know, chess is about questions and answers.