Dr. Dre quotes

Dr. Dre is an influential American rapper, producer, and entrepreneur, widely recognized as a pioneer of West Coast hip hop. His work with N.W.A and as a solo artist helped shape the sound of modern rap music. He has launched the careers of several major artists and co-founded the Beats by Dre brand. Here are 33 of his quotes:

The only two things that scare me are God and the IRS.

Dr. Dre

You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally.

Dr. Dre

I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives.

Dr. Dre

I always loved the way music made me feel. I did sports at school and all, but when I got home, it was just music. Everybody in my neighborhood loved music. I could jump the back fence and be in the park where there were ghetto blasters everywhere.

Dr. Dre

Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth.

Dr. Dre

When I think of the future, I think a lot of Quincy Jones and how he is an inspiration. Look at the quality of his work over so many years. He didn't even make his best record, 'Thriller,' until he was 50. That gives me something to look forward to. Nothing pulls you back into the studio more than the belief that your best record is still ahead.

Dr. Dre

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

Dr. Dre

Everything in my life has been about sound and making music, so Beats represents just that - the improvement of sound and the dedication to everything I've been doing from the day I started.

Dr. Dre

I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.

Dr. Dre

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

Dr. Dre

Before now, I've always taken my mixes out to the car and listened to them in the parking lot. I still do that, but more so now I'm listening to it on the Beat box, and I think people should give it at least a listen and check it out and see what it is.

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I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.

Dr. Dre

I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E.

Dr. Dre

I am never going to give music up.

Dr. Dre

Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good.

Dr. Dre

I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?

Dr. Dre

I'd rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He's trying to kill everybody in jail.

Dr. Dre

My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.

Dr. Dre

I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record.

Dr. Dre

Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.

Dr. Dre

Once a song is done, for me, personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mixdown.

Dr. Dre

When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time.

Dr. Dre