Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.
MF DOOMI 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.
More MF DOOM Quotes
-
-
I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn’t go to school with no one.
MF DOOM -
You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
MF DOOM -
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.
MF DOOM -
I liked different etymologies, different slang that came out in different eras. Different languages. Different dialects.
MF DOOM -
I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
MF DOOM -
Being older now, grown, I’m like, ‘What do we really do that’s fun?’ I’m kind of corny when you think about it. What could I rhyme about? Let me see, um, I gotta pay the rent today.
MF DOOM -
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.
MF DOOM -
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!
MF DOOM -
The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
MF DOOM -
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.
MF DOOM -
When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
MF DOOM -
A visual always brings a first impression. But if there’s going to be a first impression.
MF DOOM -
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.
MF DOOM -
We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
MF DOOM -
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.
MF DOOM