The D.O.C.

“I was an introvert really. I spent a lot of time in the crib reading books. Staying out of trouble.”

“When you write for somebody else, you've got to write from their standpoint. You can't really write from your own point of view.”

“When I first got to Los Angeles, hip-hop music was a scary thing not only to white America but to middle-class black America.”

“When I use my vocal cords, it kind of feels like what it feels like when you put your shoes on the wrong foot.”

“I don't like to toot my own horn, but 'toot-toot.' I'm a lyricist f'real.”

“There's a synergy with Dre and me.”

“Snoop Dogg has always held me up. He's always held me above the fray, and that keeps me relevant. Wherever he goes, he takes my name with him when he does interviews. He's talking about me. He keeps me alive, and that feeds my spirit.”

“I didn't come from the West Coast experience, I came from Dallas and I was an introvert and a nerd.”

“In the hip-hop world, Eazy-E was the personification of evil. He paid my hospital bill, about $60,000, but he made me pay him back, which is cool, except that I later found out that he paid the bill out of my share of a publishing deal he made for me.”

“That was my first real connection with Dre - that we both liked to drink.”

“Music is about depth. Music is about harmony. Music is about notes and tones.”

“Dre is one of those guys that doesn't mind fighting at the drop of a hat.”

“If there's one thing that I have in this business, it's respect.”

“I never really felt apprehensive because of my voice because after a while I'd gotten used to it, so I figured it would only be a matter of time before everybody else got used to it.”

“I am a blessed individual.”

“I don't have the need to be the greatest of all-time anymore, 'cause I'm just a speck of the greatest energy to ever exist.”

“People can't learn from mistakes if they don't see them.”

“If you are spiritual and faithful about your situation, you'll make it through it. And my life is a testimony to that.”

“He didn't have to worry about the music, because he wasn't doing any of it. Eazy was a blessed dude.”

“Racism is just the symptom, but the fight is economic.”