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title: "2 Chessboard Quotes By Gza"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/like-mcs-each-chess-player-has-his-own-style-how-he-likes-to-open/)

Gza

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/gza-3767_attack_like-mcs-each-chess-player-has-his-own-s_1455213.png)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-played-on-a-10-x10-chessboard-at-a-hotel-in-miami-the-pieces-were/)

Gza

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/gza-3767_cool_i-played-on-a-10-x10-chessboard-at-a-hot_2746845.png)

## More by Gza

> [I don't eat meat - chicken, fish, none of that. I eat a lot of vegetable sandwiches, like lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, whatever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-eat-meat-chicken-fish-none-of-that-i-eat-a-lot-of-vegetable/)

Gza

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-had-a-few-djs-in-my-neighbourhood-that-would-play-music-in-the/)

Gza

> [I think, for myself, as an artist, the progression is a lyrical progression and what I choose to target my lyrics at and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-for-myself-as-an-artist-the-progression-is-a-lyrical/)

Gza

> [Hip-hop started with street poets with great lyrical skills, and that's what hip-hop has always been about for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/hip-hop-started-with-street-poets-with-great-lyrical-skills-and-that/)

Gza

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/as-far-as-being-a-vegetarian-it-s-a-moral-thing-a-health-thing-a/)

Gza

> [When the Black Lips sent a track over to me, I thought it sounded like a Beastie Boys track, the way the singer was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/when-the-black-lips-sent-a-track-over-to-me-i-thought-it-sounded-like/)

Gza

> [I'm just really, really laid-back-slash-lazy. Last minute with everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-m-just-really-really-laid-back-slash-lazy-last-minute-with/)

Gza

> [I think every being in the universe is connected somehow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-think-every-being-in-the-universe-is-connected-somehow/)

Gza

> [I get inspired by many different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-get-inspired-by-many-different-things/)

Gza

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-don-t-knock-material-rappers-but-let-me-hear-it-in-a-different-way/)

Gza

> [I throw raps that attacks like the Japs at Pearl Harbor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-throw-raps-that-attacks-like-the-japs-at-pearl-harbor/)

GZA

> [Moog has been incorporated in a lot of our music. I know RZA has several of those machines. So, it did play a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/moog-has-been-incorporated-in-a-lot-of-our-music-i-know-rza-has/)

Gza

> [I just have certain interests in different things, and they inspire me to write. I would encourage aspiring artists or MCs or rappers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-just-have-certain-interests-in-different-things-and-they-inspire-me/)

Gza

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/it-s-always-been-about-shelf-life-long-term-parking-not-short-term/)

Gza

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/before-hip-hop-existed-we-were-listening-to-soul-songs-from-the-70s-i/)

Gza

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