Like MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we face off with each other lyrically, we challenge each other's minds on the chessboard. Sharpen each other's swords. — Gza Copy Share Image
I played on a 10'x10' chessboard at a hotel in Miami. The pieces were heavy, and I got tired just making a move. Not cool with that. — Gza Copy Share Image
I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I… — Gza Copy Share
I had a few DJs in my neighbourhood that would play music in the streets. There was no hip-hop yet; there were just DJs… — Gza Copy Share
I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how… — Gza Copy Share
Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me. — Gza Copy Share
As far as being a vegetarian, it's a moral thing, a health thing, a conscious thing - a combination of all. I think it's… — Gza Copy Share
When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was… — Gza Copy Share
I don't knock material rappers, but let me hear it in a different way. How many songs do I have to hear about rims… — Gza Copy Share
Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major… — Gza Copy Share
I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to… — Gza Copy Share
It's always been about shelf life. Long-term parking, not short-term. That's why I take the time that I do when I write. — Gza Copy Share
Before hip-hop existed, we were listening to soul songs from the '70s. I grew up with Motown, Elton John, and the Beatles. To me,… — Gza Copy Share
