American - Musician | March 2, 1975 -
If you live in a crowded area of Brooklyn or Manhattan, having a car is a hindrance. It doesn't even make sense. I basically grew up all my life without a car.
El-P
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A lot of the attitude I used to have about being from New York when I was younger just disappeared when I started to the rest of the world.
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I was obsessed with Philip K. Dick.
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I remember one day sitting in the mirror with a saxophone, just looking at myself, being like, 'I can't do this; this is ridiculous.'
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When I'm not feeling something, I have a very hard time doing it.
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I had a year, where... I was secretly, 100 percent, dead broke.
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You don't know what it feels like to have someone go to bat for you until you really need it, and they do.
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I remember listening to 'Low End Theory': I had been kicked out of high school. I was in GED school in the LES, and all I could do was listen to 'Low End Theory.' I was in a strange time in my life, and 'Low End Theory' kind of defined that time.
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I guess there are a lot of writers out there who get really inspired when they're depressed. I can't write about being depressed until I'm happy. That's all there is to it. I need space.
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For me, the idea of releasing a free record is powerful if everybody gets it for free at the same time.
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I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music.
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I really only put stuff out when I have something to say and I feel like I've got a direction and I've got an idea - and that can even take two, two-and-a-half years to flesh out.
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