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.

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

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.

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

If you're not sincere with it, you shouldn't say anything at all.

I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls.

I'm so secluded, and I'm so private.

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.

No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.

I have tons of music stashed.

It's a very interesting thing because I can start mixing a song and leave the room and come back and maybe just slide one lever to a certain point, and it just - it's a certain feeling that it gives you when you know it's right.

Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is a hustler. In fact, he's what I call an extreme hustler.

When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.

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

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.

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.

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 work hard making music - that's how I earn a living.

The reason 'Detox' didn't come out was because I didn't like it.

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

Every person walking has some kind of talent that they can get on tape.

Eminem is just incredible. That's the word that comes to mind: 'incredible.'

I've been studying the planets and learning the personalities of each planet.

'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.

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.

In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from.

If you know anything about me and my history, you know I'm very particular about my projects.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

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.

I have a high tolerance for pain - both physical and mental.

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 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.

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.

Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes.

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.

I'm always going to talent scout and try to find new artists to work with.

I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can hear the sequence of an album as I'm going, but I wasn't able to do that. I wasn't feeling it in my gut.

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

One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.

My father is the oldest of seven boys.

I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet.

It's always been difficult to make a good record.

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 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.

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.