Dr. Dre

Rapper

1965-02-18

American rapper, producer, and entrepreneur known for foundational work in West Coast hip hop. He became one of the most influential figures in modern rap production and artist development.

Quotes by Dr. Dre

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.
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There is some sampling on my records and a lot of what I call replays, where I'd have musicians come in the studio and replay the sample from the original record. But mainly, we'd come up with our own music.
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I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.
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When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.
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'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.
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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.
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I just want people to hear the music the way it's suppose to sound, the way we meant for them to hear it. You sit in the studio all this time and make the music, tweak it, try to get it perfect. They should be able to hear it that way.
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My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.
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There's never been any bad vibes between me and Snoop.
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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.
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