Rza

Inspiration is found everywhere if you look hard enough.

— RZA

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

— Rza

I love vinyl, you know? To me it has depth, warmth, it's the best way to really sample.

— RZA

After knowledge comes wisdom. After wisdom comes understanding.

— RZA

You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life.

— Rza

Happiness is total and complete satisfaction with yourself

— RZA

I'd love to make 10 to 12 films in my life. That's a lot of films, but it's doable.

— Rza

I have to make beats every day. Wherever I go, I got a keyboard waiting for me.

— Rza

When you do something in music and see it happen again in the next generation, you know you're on the right wave…

— Rza

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

— Rza

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not…

— RZA

Knowledge is like fire 'cause it breaks down things so you can see what they truly are. It's like how a fire…

— RZA

Grew up in Stapleton House village, where blood flood the waters in the streets like oil spillage

— RZA

Of course black lives matter. All lives matter. I stopped eating meat because their lives matter to me. I don't think it's…

— Rza

I always had this imagination about making colorful movies. I use to walk to school and daydream about it.

— Rza

I'm a big fan of technology; I've been a geek since 1986... and I was spending all my paper money on gadgets.

— Rza

Just as you must come through a woman's womb to attain physical birth, so must you come through Wisdom to achieve mental…

— RZA

I think one thing most of faiths have in common is they all realize that everything manifests from one [god]. That's whether…

— RZA

I live a very satisfying life. Not because I've made a few dollars, but because I have a wife who loves me…

— Rza

I actually heard hip-hop before I saw a movie in a movie theater. I heard hip-hop first, at the tender age of…

— Rza

While a lot of hip-hop was inspired by jazz or James Brown samples and was made to be played live in the…

— Rza

I could never be a control freak. If Wu-Tang is a dictatorship, how does every Wu-Tang member have their own contract, their…

— Rza

Love is mistranslated into sex, because sex is not an expression of love. Sex is an expression of physical activity. It can…

— RZA

If you take 'Nothin' But a G Thang' by Dr Dre, that could also be an R&B record. 'Bonita Applebum' by A…

— Rza

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

— Rza

The spaghetti Western genre is definitely one of favorites.

— Rza

One of my illest villains was the Butcher from 'Gangs of New York,' Daniel Day-Lewis.

— Rza

I'm a director! I don't work with no amateurs!

— Rza

Every time I make a new album, I get better and better.

— Rza

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

— Rza

There are lawyers advising to sue, so the lawyers can keep their retainments.

— RZA

“Once you have some yes's in your life, the no's are not that bad.”

— RZA

It brings me joy to hear that people are laughing at my scene in 'Due Date.'

— Rza

I build myself back up and come back stronger. That's what I do.

— RZA

I thought about doing '36 Chambers' on Broadway.

— Rza

Whether I went to school or not, I would always study.

— RZA

I'm focused on creating art and whichever outlet it can get out in.

— Rza

I've been the underdog in my life since I was a kid.

— RZA

How can hip hop be dead if Wu-Tang is forever?

— RZA

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

— Rza