"I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize me no more. But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme, I can't hold it back...I'm looking for the line. Taking off my coat, clearing my throat, My rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note."

-- Rakim

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“That undefined and mingled hum, Voice of the desert never dumb!”

Source : James Hogg (1855). “The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd: With an Autobiography; and Illustrative Engravings, Chiefly from Original Drawings”, p.294
“[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal.”
“The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.”
“If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.”
“Real wealth comes to the person who learns that we are paid best for the things we do for nothing.”
“Sneezes ... always sound much louder to the sneezer than to the hearers. It is an acoustical peculiarity.”
“I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.”
“What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We didn't know what we were getting into.”

Source : "'Songs I Can Sing Ya': An Interview with Andy Kim and Kevin Drew". Interview With Evan Sawdey, www.popmatters.com. February 24, 2015.

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