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 DOOMYou have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.
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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When I listen to hip-hop, I listen to Just Ice, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MCs.
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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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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 might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?
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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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I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.
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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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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.
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The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘
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Doom is a classic supervillain, akin to the Phantom of the Opera. It’s not about revenge so much as, like.
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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 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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