The idea of having different characters is really just to get the storyline across, you know? Coming from one particular character makes, to me, the story boring.
MF DOOMI’m back – now watch this!’ It all boils down to the music. The mask is a slight theme for people to enjoy, and it adds mystery.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.
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I grew up in that age, and it was memorable. But I’m down with all of it. Chuck D or Danny Brown? I feel comfortable with all of them. Word up, kid! Word up, man!
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I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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The ‘Doom’ thing is to be able to come at things with a different point of view. I decided the mask would just add to the mystique of the character as well as make Doom stand out.
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I can’t perform without the mask or be seen without it on stage, or else it’ll distract from the whole persona.
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I liked being able to speak to somebody and throw it back and forth, and they can’t predict what you’re going to say next.
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I think – a lot of times in hip-hop, especially – artists get kind of pigeonholed into being ‘the guy,’ and it’s kind of limiting in a way.
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Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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Prince Paul is another good friend; he’s like an older brother. He’ll criticise and be brutally honest with you. That’s what I like about Paul.
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Everybody nowadays rhymes, but out of the people that really, really do it well, it’s still a small community of artists.
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I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn’t go to school with no one.
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