--- title: "4 Album Quotes By Dr. Dre" description: "4 Album quotes by Dr. Dre. Plus more from Dr. Dre and more Album sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/dr-dre-3292_album_an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve_463335.jpg" --- > [An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve-been-wanting-to-do-for-a-long/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/dr-dre-3292_album_an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve_463335.jpg) > [I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. Usually, I can hear the sequence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-had-between-20-and-40-songs-for-detox-and-i-just-couldn-t-feel-it/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/dr-dre-3292_between_i-had-between-20-and-40-songs-for-detox_946820.jpg) > ['Straight Outta Compton' is the album I'm least happy with. I threw it together in six weeks so we could have something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/straight-outta-compton-is-the-album-i-m-least-happy-with-i-threw-it/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/dr-dre-3292_could_straight-outta-compton-is-the-album-i-m_1583411.jpg) > [I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-realized-at-a-young-age-that-sequence-in-an-album-is-almost-as/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/dr-dre-3292_age_i-realized-at-a-young-age-that-sequence_3113474.jpg) ## Other authors on Album - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theophilus-london-90113.jpg) Theophilus London 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/theophilus-london/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-rzeznik-52217.jpg) John Rzeznik 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/john-rzeznik/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/van-morrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-scarface-5393.jpg) Scarface 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/scarface/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nas-70236.jpg) Nas 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/nas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kate-bush-55390.jpg) Kate Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/kate-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-landau-52760.jpg) Jon Landau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/jon-landau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jon-hopkins-6720.jpg) Jon Hopkins 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/jon-hopkins/) ## More by Dr. Dre > [My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/my-mother-got-pregnant-with-me-at-the-age-of-fifteen-this-was-64-and/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [A lot of times when I'm at home kickin' it, I don't even listen to hip hop. I listen to all types of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/a-lot-of-times-when-i-m-at-home-kickin-it-i-don-t-even-listen-to-hip/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [Even when I was close to defeat I rose to my feet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/even-when-i-was-close-to-defeat-i-rose-to-my-feet/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [You're a victim from my drive-by of thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/you-re-a-victim-from-my-drive-by-of-thoughts/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [No matter where you are or what you're doing, it's always great if you don't have to get up and physically change the song…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/no-matter-where-you-are-or-what-you-re-doing-it-s-always-great-if-you/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-got-ice-cube-his-start-i-also-launched-eazy-e/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I can't see myself ever spending hundreds of thousands on anything that doesn't come with a toilet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-can-t-see-myself-ever-spending-hundreds-of-thousands-on-anything/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [They wanna hang us, see us dead, or enslave us, keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/they-wanna-hang-us-see-us-dead-or-enslave-us-keep-us-trapped-in-the/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I can take a three-year-old and make a hit record with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-can-take-a-three-year-old-and-make-a-hit-record-with-him/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-work-hard-making-music-that-s-how-i-earn-a-living/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I bring terror like Stephen King, A black Casanova, runnin niggaz over like Christine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-bring-terror-like-stephen-king-a-black-casanova-runnin-niggaz-over/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-m-never-gonna-stop-music-it-s-like-air-to-me/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [I ain't a thug - how much Tupac in you you got?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/i-ain-t-a-thug-how-much-tupac-in-you-you-got/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [Eminem is just incredible. That's the word that comes to mind: 'incredible.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/eminem-is-just-incredible-that-s-the-word-that-comes-to-mind/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) > [People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/people-are-always-coming-up-to-me-thinking-i-ve-got-some-magic-wand/) [Dr. Dre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-dre/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/dr-dre/#itemlist", "name": "4 Album Quotes By Dr. Dre", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. Dre" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-dre/an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve-been-wanting-to-do-for-a-long/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/dr-dre-3292_album_an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve_463335.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/dr-dre-3292_album_an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve_463335.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/dr-dre-3292_album_an-instrumental-album-is-something-i-ve_463335.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.” — Dr. Dre", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had between 20 and 40 songs for 'Detox,' and I just couldn't feel it. 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