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I think I've overcome a lot, and I feel like 'Man vs. Machine' was a fitting title to personify that struggle.
It don't make sense: either you a soldier from the start, Or a actor with a record deal tryin' to play the part.
Look at the Prius. It's a nerd car. Yeah, you're being environmentally friendly, but your dating life is gonna suck.
You took the Alkaholik challenge, and lost your balance You underground, we under water drinkin liquid by the gallons
I know 'Napalm' seems like a military-themed album, but what it is, is just the backdrop and the imagery that we used.
I want to support myself legally, and take advantage of the opportunities and organize and benefit from those choices.
There's so many other things that I can do with my time besides just worry about what the next man is doing, ya feel me?
It's one thing to be bitter about something, but it's another thing to recognise the growth and the change that you made.
I did 'XXX: State of the Union' with Ice Cube because he and Samuel L. Jackson are some of favorite inspirations in life.
My first car I bought for $400 and it was a Subaru and it was shaped like a door wedge and it was confiscated by the police.
Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.
I'm just trying to put my feet into different characters and not play the stereotypical type thing, to let me grow as an actor.
It seems like once you get on any kind of mass media's bad side, you are like free-range chicken. It's like open season on you.
Dada has always been competitive and respected and I'm excited to design and promote a shoe that represents both of us so well.
You know, social media unites us with our fans, gets the middle man out of the way, and you get to directly hear what they think.
I've definitely grown a lot as an individual, as a man, and as a father, and that perspective needs to be shared and put out there.
Keep bustin about where you rest, and what you own, and what you drive. So the day some niggaz come for you, I'm really not surprised.
When you glorify yourself to the point where you can't relate to a regular person, then you distort your expectations and your values.
Money is part of the game, but let's take this music as musicians to the next level, don't be recycling beats over and over and over again.
There was a time when I was making a lot of money and moving very fast. I didn't like who I was. I could tell by the company I was keeping.
I have a very good support team and system behind me, and I have people who really understand the vision I have for stepping into the future.
When you chop down a tree you can look at the rings and see what the tree's been through. That's what you can do when you listen to my records.
Instead of trying to police the entertainment industry we should strongly suggest that parents take a stronger role in what their kids get into.
Whenever you have the opportunity to reach out in your community and educate kids and help give them a sense of belonging, you're doing something good.
Restless' was something totally different, and I couldn't use the same material. 'Man Vs. Machine' is scientific. It's broken down in a whole different way.
These people dissing Dr. Dre, they need to get off their cell phones for about a week and come back to reality. They have no idea. Do what he did and then talk to me.
I don't have to, like, try to come out with pop music because I feel that that's gonna make me sell a lot more. I mean, I make the music I love to make and that's it.
I would never be a buffoon or an imbecile or a coon. I'm a strong brother that understands what I mean to this society, where I fit in this society, and how I can change this society.
Dre was extremely involved in 'Restless,' but I told him that the next record had to be called 'Man Vs. Machine' because I have specific topics and ways to work my writing for that topic.
I'm in a unique position in that my career in music is not over and I have other television things and ventures I can get into. So, it's like I can be very selective when it comes to movie roles.
Music is the best way I can express myself, meaning that why I write and how I came to love music comes out through Xzibit. Who I am, who Alvin Joiner is, comes out when I pick up that pen and write.
I've never been to prison. I've been to jail but never prison. I don't like being in holding tanks. I don't like being in shackles. I'm a smarter guy than that. I can figure something out to do better with my time.
I don't even know what 'keep it real' means. I mean, where you live doesn't make you real, you know what I'm saying? I take care of my family, my friends and I live in a nice house and whatnot but you never forget where you came from.
Dr Dre has never told me a lie. I look up to him, not only as a business man, but just as someone who has become his own man in this business. He's always recognised the hard-working ethic that I have and given me opportunities based on that.
Timbaland was crazy to work with. When he stepped in the studio, it was like working with Morpheus from 'The Matrix' - he stepped in with three beats and said, 'Pick one.' They all sounded crazy, but I could only pick one. I picked one and he hooked me up.
Being broke and being in the street does not mean that you're keeping it real. I think that everybody that lives in a non-wealthy neighbourhood spends their time and energy trying to do everything they can to better their living standards. I'm no different.
What I miss is a time when hip-hop music had integrity; there was some kind of message. Not in all the music, because it's not for that, but there was at least something that got through that had some content that was sensible and positive, not just hooky junk-food rap.
I'm not feeding my kid off movie roles so it's easy for me to say 'no' to things but it's important for me to have this presence and I know it's easy to stereotype and pigeonhole certain people that come from a certain genre but I can do more than a lot of people expect.
I don't believe in aliens. I don't think aliens or ghosts like black people. We never get abducted; our houses never get haunted. It always happens in rural areas, where no ethnic people live. The day I see somebody from South Central Los Angeles say, 'Man, I got abducted yesterday,' then I'll believe it.
I'm doing things that feel good to my soul. I've had plenty opportunity to do other things, but it didn't feel right, and it wasn't right. And if it feels like work, then it's work. But if you have that opportunity to do what you love, and you can make a living out of it, then that's a blessing and I never take that for granted.