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No Catholics in my family.
I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.
We never set out to be superstars.
Food was always a focus for us, lyrically.
I grew up with a clock radio next to my bed.
Real life is much stranger than fiction, man.
I don't like the George Costanza-style wallet.
I'm in need of a man apron. A very manly apron.
I was going to clubs in Manhattan when I was 14.
We are exercising our constitutional right to be fresh.
We have not been able to tour since MCA, Adam Yauch, died.
L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies.
We just have to be careful of our actions as world citizens.
Denver and Boulder are good record-buying cities. I don't know why.
And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go.
We do not let our music get used in commercials for commercial products.
We make all the decisions on our records... We have complete veto power.
It's really hard to find a lot of things that rhyme with Michael Diamond.
There is an overall seriousness in tone that pervades 'To The 5 Boroughs.'
If they found a way to make shooting in 240p expensive, it would be trendy.
For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time.
What a lot of the world missed was just how caring New York became post-9/11.
When you quickly get into motion, a problem becomes an opportunity for growth.
I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.
I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.
We're banned from a whole lot of hotels, and we're running out of hotels we can stay in.
Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look.
If marijuana kills all my brain cells, then how come I can still hear them all talking to me?
When you start rhyming, it's hard to find things that rhyme with Yauch, Horovitz and Diamond.
I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, But I'm intercontinental when I eat French toast.
With '5 Boroughs,' we were each working on beats, sitting in front of our laptops and samplers.
Leaving Def Jam was kind of a blessing in disguise because we can make whatever record we want.
Wine needs to have a context in a social gathering to fulfill its historical place in this world.
Motion Before Motivation: It means you get started FIRST, then FEEL the Inspiration to keep going.
I feel no compunction to defend L.A. People criticize it, and for the most part, it's well-founded.
It's what happens when you've been in the game a long time. We had to grow up in a very public way.
The initial notion for 'Check Your Head' was just all three of us getting back to playing instruments.
If people pay money to see you, they have to cheer. They can't boo, or else they're chumping themselves.
For 'Paul's Boutique,' we had a lot more money and a lot more time. It was definitely more on our own terms.
I know for myself, and maybe I'm weird or whatever, but the whole thing is about constantly redefining identity.
Most interviewers basically just want us to rephrase the bio. You already know us - why do you need to interview us?
It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.
In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.
We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too.
Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.
LL Cool J is very well known in Hollywood. He's an established commodity across several platforms, including motion pictures.
What was interesting about grunge was that it was this death sentence to the rock that had preceded it, which was hair metal.
What would've been the downside of holding bin Laden accountable by our own values of justice by which our country is based on?
It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a fashion house.
LCD Soundsystem - they put the drummer in front. I always thought that was cool. Because the drummer is usually the guy in the back.