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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Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.
More MF DOOM Quotes
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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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We all tend to be in the same circles – people like my Wu-Tang brothers, or Black Thought from The Roots.
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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 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’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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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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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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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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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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You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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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