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Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is a hustler. In fact, he's what I call an extreme hustler.
I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me.
I bring terror like Stephen King, A black Casanova, runnin niggaz over like Christine
I'm bad for your health, like puttin' a pistol up to your face and blastin' yourself.
Hear what the artists hear, and listen to the music the way they should, the way I do.
Children listen, I'm trying to tell you something good, don't get caught up in the hood.
I been in the game for 10 years making rap tunes... Ever since honeys was wearing Sassoons.
If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects.
My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.
In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from.
In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.
I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet.
In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.
I don't ever see myself retiring totally from music, because I have a genuine love and passion for it.
I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.
Clear communication. Respect. A lot of laughter. And a lot of orgasms. That's what makes a marriage work.
I get butterflies every time a record comes out. I'm like, 'I hope people like it. I hope people buy it.'
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.
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.
I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel, and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it.
I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls.
I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.
When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.
I'm high off the indo creepin' with the quickness to the cut, bust one to his head while he munches on that donut.
No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there's someone out there working just as hard, to put you down.
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 apologize to the women I’ve hurt. I deeply regret what I did and know that it has forever impacted all of our lives.
The original version of 'Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang' was made to a Boz Scaggs song; I can't remember the name of the song.
The record business. It’s exactly what it is-Record-Busin ess. You have to take care of both, or they won’t take care of you.
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.
Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.
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.
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.
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.
Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down.
I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?
Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.
The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together.
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 been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible.
'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.
If there were no guns, we couldn't talk about it, ... You turn on TV, you see soldiers marching with guns. We only talk about things that's happening.
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.
You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally.
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.
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.
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?'
You just have to find that thing that's special about you that distinguishes you from all the others, and through true talent, hard work, and passion, anything can happen.
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.
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.