Dr. Dre Quotes

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

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

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

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

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've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.

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

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

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

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

Those who are quiet will always cause riots.

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

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.

When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.

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.

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

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.

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

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

I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.

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.

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 believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

People aren't hearing all the music.

I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.

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

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

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

I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

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.

I'm high off the indo creepin' with the quickness to the cut, bust one to his head while he munches on that donut.

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

I've got more class than most.

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.

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.

Snoop Doggy Dogg paged, that must mean more hoes.

I ain't a thug - how much Tupac in you you got?

I want to set the record straight for everybody who's been waiting to hear my music. The song that's out on the internet is an incomplete song that I'm still working on. When it's ready, you'll be hearing it from 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.

I bring terror like Stephen King, A black Casanova, runnin niggaz over like Christine

I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E.

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?

I been in the game for 10 years making rap tunes... Ever since honeys was wearing Sassoons.