Adam Yauch

I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad.

— Adam Yauch

We actually became just what it was that we'd set out to make fun of.

— Adam Yauch

I think the main focus in America is - is basically greed.

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

We just play whatever we're into. For a while there, we weren't listening to too much rap stuff, 'cause there wasn't anything…

— Adam Yauch

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

— Adam Yauch

The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out.

— Adam Yauch

That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record,…

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

We're gonna do a Bowling for Dollars-type thing, but it'll be Breakdancing on Cardboard for Yen for the ozone layer, so it'll…

— Adam Yauch

I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then and I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize…

— Adam Yauch

Just as we were finishing 'Paul's Boutique' we got our own places, and I was going out to clubs a lot less.…

— Adam Yauch

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that,…

— Adam Yauch

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and…

— Adam Yauch

The situation with Tibet has to change. China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces. That…

— Adam Yauch

I think it's scary that that our elected officials aren't operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this…

— Adam Yauch

I meditate in the morning and before I go to sleep. These are usually the main times because, before I go to…

— Adam Yauch

I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from…

— Adam Yauch

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid…

— Adam Yauch

When I was younger, I felt like I could say anything and it was funny. I've started to realize that what I…

— Adam Yauch

If we keep bombing other people, that creates more anger. Tensions keep escalating.

— Adam Yauch

I do think that all of the well wishes have contributed to the fact that my treatment and recovery are going well.

— Adam Yauch

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can…

— Adam Yauch

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

— Adam Yauch

I think every person has the ability to affect change...through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with…

— Adam Yauch

I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the…

— Adam Yauch

Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should…

— Adam Yauch

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by…

— Adam Yauch

Music is going to go in some direction that is entirely inconceivable now. If someone had been asked twenty years ago what…

— Adam Yauch

What Western society teaches us is that if you get enough money, power, and beautiful people to have sex with, that's going…

— Adam Yauch

I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were…

— Adam Yauch

Fresh snow is amazing. The board is real different... it floats on the powder and goes really fast. If you're riding a…

— Adam Yauch

From being in Tibet and being around Tibetans, I feel like I've learned so much more about what brings a person happiness,…

— Adam Yauch

If you are striving to have more happiness in your life, it helps to guide your mind towards starting to recognize what…

— Adam Yauch