“Guru always wanted to do what he called a 'chick record.' By coinciden...” — DJ Premier Quote

“Guru always wanted to do what he called a 'chick record.' By coincidence, every time we did one, he was either breaking up with one or with a new girl that he loved.”

“When you have a deep focus, you can't go wrong at all. Not when you're an expert at what you do.”

“It's whatever - people like me and Dre are music people, so we're beyond just hip-hop. We're purists. Not everybody who makes beats is a purist.”

“It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case now. What and how I do doesn't mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did.”

“Without music and creativity, I'd need other forms of therapy. But for me, the life process is the process of healing yourself. 'Break the Night' is about offering hope to people, about breaking through the darkness.”

“The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim.”