Dr. Dre

I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives.

I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.

I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible.

I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living.

I've always hated authority from an early age. And authority have always hated me.

When we started Aftermath, we had something like 20 artists, and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't sit down and focus on any of it. Plus, it was doubly hard because you ended up crushing these people's dreams when you had to let them go.

I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers.

The actual making of a record is the most exciting part of this business.

Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

The race factor was just a minuscule part of what I was doing with Eminem. It was really about the music and how well we worked together.

I know sound, and this is what I'm going to stick to: what I know.

Everything that I do is for sound goals. It comes from my gut. When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.