Ad-Rock Quotes

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Ad-Rock

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 31, 1966

I reject Donald Trump's mission of America.

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I do dream. I mean, I must every night, right? But I only remember a couple a year.

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If any fantastic filmmakers want to offer me roles, I'll consider it!

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Boys, for the most part, are not very observant - or all that together smart, for that matter.

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I like Mike D. We kept trying to get him to go solo. He wouldn't do it.

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I know Noah Baumbach from a long time ago. We were hanging out one night, and he asked if I wanted to be in his movie. If somebody whose stuff you really like says, 'Hey, you want to do it with me?,' you got to do it. I would like to say that I get these offers all the time, but I don't.

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We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren't, I don't know what I would have done.

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Me and my two best friends went to see the Ramones in 1979, and two weeks later, I was like, 'We're starting a band. That's it.'

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I don't really have long days very often.

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I head a Salt-n-Pepa song one time, where they named every rapper in New York. And they didn't name us!

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Our music is weird. It's not pop. I don't know why so many people buy our records.

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There's songs you listen to at really heavy times, and you associate those songs with being depressed. 'English Rose' by The Jam, I can't listen to - it's just too heavy for me. 'Julia' by The Beatles, too. That popped up the other day, and I had to skip to the next song. They're both really awesome, moving songs, but I can't listen to them.

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'The Squid and the Whale' was a really good movie.

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We never thought we were musicians. We just thought we were in a band.

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'Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative facts? There are two different realities?

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Sexism is deeply rooted in our history and society that waking up and stepping outside of it is like I'm watching 'Night of the Living Dead Part Two' all day, every day.

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I love being in the Beastie Boys.

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We've gotta stand up against hate. If you're able to give money, give to Black Lives Matter. If you're able to protest, protest. If you're able to volunteer, volunteer.

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As a band, we always took a really long time to make records, so unfortunately, we got into that habit of, like, 'We'll work on it tomorrow.'

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Since high school, I was in this band. And you know, it's one thing when you're in a band in high school, but then to have it last for so long - that's who I am and what I did forever.

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