Adam Yauch Quotations

I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.

That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered that way.

I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were already making punk records. We were a punk band. And I kind of thought, that's crazy.

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.

I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then and I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize it now. I said a lot of stuff fooling around back then, and I saw it do a lot of harm.

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he's got his heart in the right place.

Just as we were finishing 'Paul's Boutique' we got our own places, and I was going out to clubs a lot less. I got a bit more introverted and spent a lot more time on my own reading. I would just go down to the esoteric bookstore and wander around.

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.

My friend calls him 'the director, I need more energy in my section!

Whatever I thought was funny was kept in there. People definitely (got) into it.

I think most people know it's a goof.

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I think every person has the ability to affect change...through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with other people. We are constantly affecting the world.

Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have. All of it has an effect.

It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it

Just keep putting out music. Don't think whether it's a hit or not and people will get you.

I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad

It's pretty easy to see that... wealth doesn't really equal happiness.

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

I love the stuff the fans shot of each other.

There's the guys who are trying to sneak backstage, and there's somebody who's taking a trip to the bathroom and some guy's buying beer.

The energy that was in it more sincerely captured a concert than most things I'd seen, and I thought, wow, imagine multiplying this.