Hopefully everybody in the audience thinks, 'That's cool. I could do that.' I don't like the thought that they say, 'I saw the Beastie Boys last night, and they're mega-stars.' I'm a lot happier when the kids who come backstage… — Mike D Copy Share Image
I kind of idolized older punk-rock and hip-hop bands, and I was, like, 15 when I started the Beastie Boys. And what business did we having doing that at that age? — Mike D Copy Share Image
When you get to a point where you're not beholden to a record company, then it's up to you to say, 'OK, enough knob-turning.… — Mike D Copy Share Image
We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too. — Mike D Copy Share Image
When Yauch died, it was really like losing my older brother. I mean, I have biological older brothers, but growing up, Adam really was… — Mike D Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once you had… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives. — Mike D Copy Share Image
I guess when time came to make 'To The 5 Boroughs,' we had something important to say. — Mike D Copy Share Image
I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like… — Mike D Copy Share Image
What was interesting about grunge was that it was this death sentence to the rock that had preceded it, which was hair metal. — Mike D Copy Share Image
What would've been the downside of holding bin Laden accountable by our own values of justice by which our country is based on? — Mike D Copy Share Image
In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world. — Mike D Copy Share Image
I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great. — Mike D Copy Share Image
