Rza

'The Good Earth' is a great book.

If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A Tribe Called Quest could even be a jazz record. 'Bring Da Ruckus,' you gotta call it hip-hop.

I'm glad Wu-Tang was able to inspire other producers and artists, but I would never want to be erased or removed.

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 form of hip-hop. It was made just for hip-hop. It's not made to sing or dance to, though you can if you want.

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 guitar case and put it on the table in hotel rooms so after a day's work, I can read a few verses.

I keep all my work and files and kung-fu movies on my laptop because sometimes you travel, and the Internet is slow.

Beyond Greek mythology, history just didn't have a strong resonation with me.

The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country.

Being black in America - especially as I was growing up - the feeling of oppression, the feeling of being outcast, the feeling of not having a voice was part of my life.

I would not have one turntable if my brother didn't buy the turntable. I was the dreamer; he was the doer.

Wu-Tang Clan's first album, '36 Chambers,' there wasn't a lot of money given to make that album.

I wrote a big animation scene for 'Iron Fists,' but we couldn't afford all that.

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.

When we was making a song called 'Bring Da Ruckus,' we took the snare, and we put it in an elevator shaft and recorded it.

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.

I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped.

I live a very satisfying life. Not because I've made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me and children who wait for me to come home. And that is beautiful. I think that's the American dream: to be at peace at home.

Growing up, all of my friends would set their schedules to the showing of kung fu movies on TV.

I tell my sons, I say, if you're going somewhere, you don't have to wear a hoodie - we live in New York, so a hoodie and all that is all good. But sometimes, you know, button up your shirt. Clean up.

I got a bad habit of creating.