I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
MF DOOMPrince 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.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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I’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.
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I’m always trying to show versatility. I’m juggling, and I’m flipping fire, and I’m chewing gum and rhyming at the same time… on a unicycle, while playing the drums.
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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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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 spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.
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Hmm, should I stay on the underground when everybody else is selling out?’ Nowadays, you can just do it – have your name-brand clothes, do songs with rock n’ rollers – and it’s not considered selling out.
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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
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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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A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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I get that mainly from novels and that style of writing or movies where there’s multiple characters who carry the storyline.
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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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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.
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