Ad-Rock Quotes

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Ad-Rock

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 31, 1966

The Madonna tour thing was definitely funny that - you know, children were crying watching us... and it was interesting seeing how angry their parents were.

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That's what real punk is about - doing it yourself and building a community where people share ideas and share creativity.

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Champagne Jerry records are definitely, in one way, on the very far end of the weird spectrum of rap music, then, in another way, very far on the weird punk spectrum.

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You have to consume Fig Newtons with either milk or an alternative milk product. It's like a conspiracy with the dairy industry. They're in cahoots.

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If I had to say something, it would be 'Lighten up. Be cool.' There's just so many buffoons out there.

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If I could sing, that would be cool. But I can't. I mean, I physically can, but I'm awful. It's weird to be really bad at singing.

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Nobody wants to see the old person at the club.

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I'll be, like, the oldest rapper alive.

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Part of me feels it's better we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names. So Beastie Boys was the stupidest name we could come up with. And unfortunately, it stuck.

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I don't want to have a real job. No one wants to have a job.

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I wonder what it would have been like if I could actually sing.

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I'm not saying that kids today have everything, but with the Internet, it's like, you have it there, so use it! I know a bunch of kids who are into cassette tapes now. Cassette tapes suck! Why not use your iPod?

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'Grand Royal' started because we were on the Lollapalooza tour, and we wanted to send this message to people that the mosh pit is corny. Stop doing that. MTV has ruined it, and it's dangerous, and girls are getting hurt.

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When I was in a couple of movies in the '80s, I was winging it.

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'Licensed to Ill' was like a cold, and we took so much vitamin C that we'd never get that cold again.

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I don't know why we sold a lot of records or why so many people came to see us. Like 'Sabotage' - would you put that song on, like, 'I'm gonna listen to that right now?' It's a weird choice.

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I don't use coconut enough - in food, on my body.

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Stuff used to get me really crazy, touring stuff. I used to hide. I hid from everybody. Back in '87, when things were so hectic, I'd run away. There was so much pressure.

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