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“I'd like to be in an action movie.”

“You know how there's all these rappers like Mike D and King T and Ice T and Cool C or something like that? Well, on Mayberry, on 'Andy Griffith,' they had Aunt B.”

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

“Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.”

“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.”

“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?”

“The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.”

“In New York, you can't really like anything. You know? Pizza's all right. I mean, I've been having pizza since back in the day, so it's whatever.”

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

“I guess I'm the guy from the Beastie Boys. I'm one of the guys from the Beastie Boys. I guess that's what I'll always identify myself as.”

“I can literally walk around at our own shows, and nobody recognizes me.”

“We could be as rich as the Rolling Stones if we sold as many records.”

“My specialties include macaroni and cheese and ordering Chinese-food delivery.”

“A lot of Jewish kids do identify with us.”

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

“I trust anybody's memory more than I trust mine.”

“I've only done karaoke twice in my life.”

“I feel like I have a big forehead.”

“I know that when I get down or feel alone or depressed, I make music, and it makes me happy.”

“'Paul's Boutique' was a bust, right? That was a bummer. We didn't pause on it for a long time - we didn't go through therapy - but it was weird. And because it was a bust, we didn't go on tour.”