J DILLA

What happened was that the doctor told me that I'd ruptured my kidney from being too busy and being stressed out and not eating right.

I don't want nobody to ever say, 'I coulda done that beat' or 'I know where you got that from.'

There'd be days when I wouldn't eat at all because I'd be in the basement working all day.

No one will ever be able to come against me on the beats.

It's family first, and then everything else.

One of my favourite Donald Byrd tracks is 'Think Twice,' and I didn't want to sample it. I've always enjoyed when other people have sampled it, so I wanted to instead of making a beat with it or something like that, or freak the beat of whatever. I wanted to just recreate it in my own way, like how I heard it.

Don't sell yourself to fall in love, With those things you do.

Detroit is a hard city.

You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span.

I don't want nobody to ever say, 'I coulda done that beat' or 'I know where you got that from.'

It's family first, and then everything else.

No one will ever be able to come against me on the beats.

One of my favourite Donald Byrd tracks is 'Think Twice,' and I didn't want to sample it. I've always enjoyed when other people have sampled it, so I wanted to instead of making a beat with it or something like that, or freak the beat of whatever. I wanted to just recreate it in my own way, like how I heard it.

What happened was that the doctor told me that I'd ruptured my kidney from being too busy and being stressed out and not eating right.

Detroit is a hard city.

There'd be days when I wouldn't eat at all because I'd be in the basement working all day.

You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span.

Don't sell yourself to fall in love, With those things you do.