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Ad-Rock
American
Musician
Born:
Oct 31
,
1966
Like
Me
Music
People
Time
You
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Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.
Ad-Rock
Future
You
Chasing
Past
Lead
Going
Want
After
Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.
Ad-Rock
Good
You
Cause
Care
About
Give
Take
Most
I feel like I have a big forehead.
Ad-Rock
Big
Feel
Like
Forehead
I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.
Ad-Rock
Music
Old
Pay
Pay Attention
State
Rap
No Idea
About
Attention
Idea
Listen
Just
Old Music
Stuff used to get me really crazy, touring stuff. I used to hide. I hid from everybody. Back in '87, when things were so hectic, I'd run away. There was so much pressure.
Ad-Rock
Me
Crazy
Hide
Pressure
Everybody
Back
Hid
Run
Touring
Stuff
Were
Get
Hectic
Much
Really
Used
Away
Things
The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.
Ad-Rock
Bruce
Bruce Lee
Were
Lee
Influences
Biggest
Two
I would love to be in an action movie. I've always wanted to play the hacker guy - like, the Jewy hacker guy who just gets yelled at.
Ad-Rock
Love
Hacker
Action
Would
Guy
Like
Always
Yelled
Gets
Just
Movie
Wanted
Who
Action Movie
Play
Being a straight white guy in his, like, early twenties - there's some sort of thing about it. A sort of privilege, a sort of anger or something. You just say some really stupid things.
Ad-Rock
You
Anger
Stupid
White
Say
Some
About
Something
Guy
Like
Sort
His
Privilege
Just
Being
Straight
Really
Twenties
Thing
Things
Early
I got no business going to a club. I'm a terrible dancer. I got a bad back.
Ad-Rock
Business
Club
Back
Dancer
No Business
Bad
Bad Back
Terrible
Got
Going
As a band, we always took a really long time to make records, so unfortunately, we got into that habit of, like, 'We'll work on it tomorrow.'
Ad-Rock
Work
Time
Tomorrow
Long
Long Time
Band
Took
Records
Habit
Like
Make
Always
Got
Unfortunately
Really
Really Long Time
I like Kanye West... he makes good music.
Ad-Rock
Music
Good
Good Music
He
Like
Makes
West
Kanye
Kanye West
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an actor.
Ad-Rock
Kid
Wanted
Little
Little Kid
Actor
Our talent and skill as rappers is clearly the first thing you notice. I don't know what we were thinking. We just really love rap and wanted to be rappers. Is that weird?
Ad-Rock
Love
You
First
Thinking
Our
Rap
Rappers
Weird
Clearly
Talent
Know
First Thing
Were
The First Thing
Just
Wanted
Really
Skill
Notice
Thing
Unfortunately, like, homework and school wasn't the thing that I was obsessing over. It was, you know, music and making music and how to like - and drum machines. And we met Rick Rubin, and Rick Rubin had a drum machine. So I would just cut school and go to his house - his dorm room.
Ad-Rock
Music
You
School
Met
Homework
Machine
Machines
Would
Had
Over
Over It
Like
Drum
Know
House
How
Making
Go
His
Just
Unfortunately
Dorm
Room
Cut
Rick
Thing
You think about when you're with your friend, and you hang out with your friend. And then you go do whatever you're doing, your life. You know, and then you see your friend again. But for us, we were friends that, we would be together, and then we would go to work, which was us still again, so we were always together.
Ad-Rock
Life
Work
You
Together
Whatever
Think
Out
Would
Would-Be
See
About
Know
Always
Still
Doing
Go
Were
Friend
Friends
Hang
Which
Again
Then
Us
Your
You picture yourself as being 22 always, and so it's very bizarre when you're not.
Ad-Rock
You
Yourself
Picture
Bizarre
Always
Very
Being
I own a car: a minivan. But don't tell anyone, 'cause they're gonna ask to borrow it.
Ad-Rock
Cause
Car
Own
Tell
Borrow
Anyone
Gonna
Ask
I watch NY1 every morning and have Pat Kiernan curate my news stories.
Ad-Rock
News
Morning
Every
Curate
Pat
Stories
Watch
We've gotta stand up against hate. If you're able to give money, give to Black Lives Matter. If you're able to protest, protest. If you're able to volunteer, volunteer.
Ad-Rock
You
Hate
Money
Matter
Black
Able
Give
Volunteer
Protest
Gotta
Up
Against
Stand
Stand Up
Lives
I reject Donald Trump's mission of America.
Ad-Rock
Mission
Trump
America
Donald
Reject
I support women-run business.
Ad-Rock
Business
Support
The Madonna tour thing was definitely funny that - you know, children were crying watching us... and it was interesting seeing how angry their parents were.
Ad-Rock
Funny
Angry
You
Parents
Definitely
Madonna
Seeing
Tour
Know
Crying
How
Were
Children
Interesting
Us
Thing
Watching
We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren't, I don't know what I would have done.
Ad-Rock
Would
Know
Got
Were
Very
Done
Successful
Lucky
Here's a thing that's going to drive me absolutely crazy: the trucks! They can put people on the moon, but they can't make a quiet truck!
Ad-Rock
Me
Crazy
People
Moon
Drive
Absolutely
Put
Truck
Trucks
Make
Quiet
Going
Thing
Here
Everybody wants to be a rapper - even country musicians.
Ad-Rock
Musicians
Rapper
Country
Everybody
Wants
Even
I make a little music every day just because it's fun.
Ad-Rock
Music
Day
Every Day
Every
Make
Because
Just
Just Because
Little
Fun
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