Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names. So Beastie Boys was the stupidest name we could come up with. And unfortunately, it stuck. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
An artist is generally expected to stick to one motif, one persona. People get used to seeing someone put down a certain thing. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
I grew up - my dad, every time I was with my dad, he was always - not always, but he wrote. He's a… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
The tapes we were making would jump around with different styles, just quick parts of different songs. Hip-hop to jazz to funk to whatever… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
Mike is the craziest person. He's scattered; he's all over the place. When you hold him down and tell him, 'This is what you're… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren't, I don't know what I would have done. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
Some of the stuff that I say on 'License to Ill,' I say some real dumb stuff. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
Since high school, I was in this band. And you know, it's one thing when you're in a band in high school, but then… — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
