I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.
Dr. DreRead
I just make the music feel the way I want it to feel, and I don't put it out until I'm totally happy with it.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of personal satisfaction and artistic integrity in the creation of music.
Dr. Dre expresses the idea that true artistry requires a deep emotional connection and personal approval before sharing work with the world. This highlights the significance of passion and attention to detail in creative endeavors, suggesting that artists should prioritize their own vision and happiness in their craft.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing artistic passions.
I don't take any shorts. I don't say, 'Okay, it's good enough.' I try to get exactly what I'm hearing in my head to the tape, and I won't let it move until then.
In L.A., we listen to everything. If it's banging, it's banging - we don't care where it's from.
No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
One of the first people that believed in me, the first person to invest in my talent, me and this guy used to argue all the time in the studio, but at the end of the day, we both realized that we were after the same goal, and that was to make great music. And I'm talking about Eazy-E.
I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me.
And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.
I saw Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' and you could say a lot of things against it, but it was incredible fun. I don't like blood and gore and I am very squeamish about violence, but Tarantino's violence is actually funny.
To me, beauty is inclusion - every size, every color - that's the world I live in.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
As for me, I am a watercolor. I wash off.
My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.
My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It's morally useful not in a political way, but it makes your heart bigger; it's emotionally and spiritually empowering.
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