“I have a special style of frying tofu that even the most carnivorous meat-and-potatoes eaters enjoy.”
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“I have a special style of frying tofu that even the most carnivorous meat-and-potatoes eaters enjoy.”
“'Rainy Dayz' and 'Glaciers of Ice,' those two songs - I mean, I just love those songs.”
“I actually have eyes that irritate easily, so I wear the glasses to keep stuff out of my eyes. If you see me in shades indoors, you might be like, 'RZA is wearing shades inside. What the hel...”
“The 'Godfather I' and 'II,' those were real straight movies in my life. At the same time, so is 'Five Deadly Venoms,' if we go into kung-fu movies.”
“'Grease?' I watch that film over and over.”
“'The Good Earth' is a great book.”
“We think it's a blessing that we were able to bring our music to the world. That our music has not only inspired our communities but other communities. That's one of the greatest things an a...”
“Beyond Greek mythology, history just didn't have a strong resonation with me.”
“Growing up in New York, there are a lot of tenement buildings and a lot of projects. You don't leave your projects too much. The laundry's there. The grocery store is there. Everything takes...”
“If you keep eating McDonald's, you gonna get sick. You need a real home-cooked meal. And I knew that that would be healthier. And that's what Wu-Tang was: It was a home-cooked meal of hip-ho...”
“I will keep a Bible or Koran on me at all times - the Bible I can actually carry on my phone, and any hotel you go to has a Bible, but the Koran is harder. I keep a physical Koran in my guit...”
“When Def Jam wanted to sign Method Man, they wanted to sign Method Man and Old Dirty. And Old Dirty wanted to be on Def Jam - everybody, that was like the dream label. But if I had Old Dirty...”
“While a lot of hip-hop was inspired by jazz or James Brown samples and was made to be played live in the clubs, I made hip-hop that was made for MCs to eat the mic up. It was an aggressive f...”
“So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints.”
“I have to make beats every day. Wherever I go, I got a keyboard waiting for me.”
“Growing up, all of my friends would set their schedules to the showing of kung fu movies on TV.”
“I love W.C. Fields. I can watch all the Laurel & Hardys.”
“Twenty percent of my records, you'll find a loop, like two or three loops per album out of 13 or 15 songs. I'd rather keep it like that.”
“You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life.”
“I actually heard hip-hop before I saw a movie in a movie theater. I heard hip-hop first, at the tender age of seven, so that came first. I didn't see a movie until I was eight.”