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Rza

American Musician

Born: Jul 5, 1969

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The influence of the Shaw Brothers films on my work has been profound. In addition to the richness of Asian culture, we at Wu-Tang were fascinated with the struggles between the oppressed Chinese villagers and the repressive Manchu authority and how it mirrored our own experiences growing up as black kids in America's inner cities. Rza

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A servant sometimes need to be served. Rza

Sometimes Servant Served Need

I actually heard hip-hop before I saw a movie in a movie theater. I heard hip-hop first, at the tender age of seven, so that came first. I didn't see a movie until I was eight. Rza

Age First Before Seven Saw See Tender Until Hip-Hop Came Heard Eight Movie Theater Movie Theater Actually

I wrote a big animation scene for 'Iron Fists,' but we couldn't afford all that. Rza

Big Scene Animation Wrote Fists Iron Afford

Wu-Tang Clan's first album, '36 Chambers,' there wasn't a lot of money given to make that album. Rza

Money First Clan Given Make Lot Chambers Album

The black community has for a long time been a part of the Hollywood community, and of course we would love to have a more proportionate ratio of films that tell our stories. Rza

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The history of black America was from slavery, oppression, civil rights, and you felt kind of isolated as an entity in our country. Rza

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I will keep a Bible or Koran on me at all times - the Bible I can actually carry on my phone, and any hotel you go to has a Bible, but the Koran is harder. I keep a physical Koran in my guitar case and put it on the table in hotel rooms so after a day's work, I can read a few verses. Rza

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My mom gave me the children stories of the Bible. I memorized that book at the age of nine. Rza

Mom Me Bible Age Book Gave Nine Children Stories

You come to my studio, it says 'No photography on premises.' I picked that up from Kanye. We don't need all that. In the old days in the Wu, we didn't allow anybody in the studio, not even women. We didn't start allowing women until five years after our debut. ODB used to get mad. Rza

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To me, Wu-Tang is beyond Wu-Tang Clan... It's just like, hip-hop is beyond Grandmaster Flash, but Grandmaster Flash was one of the first guys to hit those turntables like that. The same thing with Wu-Tang. You'll see the difference in hip-hop from the moment we came in to before we came in. We changed it. We changed the whole structure. Rza

I'm grateful for what I've accomplished. I'm grateful for anyone who thinks I accomplished something and says, 'Well he did this; he did that.' Rza

Grateful Says Something He Well Accomplished Did Anyone Who Thinks

So I was about 19 when I got my first SP-1200, and on that SP-1200, I made 'Bring The Pain' and a few other classic Wu joints. Rza

Made First Few Pain Other Classic About Joints Got Bring

We told you Wu-Tang was forever, and some people forgot that. It's not some fad. Rza

You People Some People Some Fad Forever Forgot

'Grease?' I watch that film over and over. Rza

Over Film Watch Grease

I stopped with the red meat, let go of turkey and chicken, and then I held onto fish. When we finished 'Wu-Tang Forever,' I felt like I evolved and completely dived into veganism. Rza

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I have love for the entertainment side of the world. Rza

Love Entertainment World Side

I love W.C. Fields. I can watch all the Laurel & Hardys. Rza

Love Laurel Fields Watch

I'm not the first guy to make a record or to make hip-hop, but I did it differently. Rza

First Record Guy Make Hip-Hop Did Differently

When I made hip-hop, I made hip-hop. I didn't make R&B or make it for the radio. Rza

Made Make Hip-Hop Radio

My wife and I go to movies every Wednesday. Rza

Wife Every Wednesday Go Movies

When I was eight or nine years old, my older cousin took me to the St. George Theatre on Staten Island to see a Bruce Lee movie and a Jim Kelly movie. Those were my first martial-arts films, and I fell in love with the genre back then. Rza

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