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Ad-Rock

(1966) Rapper

104 quotes in 383 categories

Ad-Rock is a rapper.

Quick Facts About Ad-Rock

Born: October 31, 1966
Profession: Rapper

About Ad-Rock

[Wikidata] American rapper, guitarist and actor... | [Wikipedia] Adam Keefe Horovitz, known professionally as Ad-Rock, is an American rapper, guitarist, and actor. He was a member of the hip-hop group the Beastie Boys. While the Beastie Boys were active, Horovitz performed with a side project, BS 2000. Since the group's dissolution, Horovitz has participated in s

Quotes by Ad-Rock · Page 2

You picture yourself as being 22 always, and so it's very bizarre when you're not.

Always

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I trust anybody's memory more than I trust mine.

Memory

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Hardcore bands were coming out with names like Urban Waste and The Mob, you know, a lot of kind of tough names.…

Come

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Boys, for the most part, are not very observant - or all that together smart, for that matter.

Matter

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I do like burgers, I do eat chicken - and I'm not proud of it, but I pick my nose. We all…

Chicken

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The Beatles are great for everybody - they write the songs that made the whole world sing.

Beatles

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Stuff used to get me really crazy, touring stuff. I used to hide. I hid from everybody. Back in '87, when things…

Back

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I'm not saying that kids today have everything, but with the Internet, it's like, you have it there, so use it! I…

Everything

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If I had to say something, it would be 'Lighten up. Be cool.' There's just so many buffoons out there.

Cool

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I would say think about the thing that makes you happiest, and do that. If it's drawing or dancing or listening to…

Confidence

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To me, a New Yorker is someone that has general disdain toward landlords, mass-transit authorities, electric companies, sports-team managers, NYU and its…

Anything

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'Licensed to Ill' was like a cold, and we took so much vitamin C that we'd never get that cold again.

Again

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Our music is weird. It's not pop. I don't know why so many people buy our records.

Many

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I want to open a restaurant.

Open

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I can literally walk around at our own shows, and nobody recognizes me.

Around

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I reject Donald Trump's mission of America.

America

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It takes a lot of guts to get on stage.

Get

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'Alternative facts' is really one of the better things that's come out in a long time. 'Alternative facts?' It's brilliant! Really? Alternative…

Better

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In New York, you can't really like anything. You know? Pizza's all right. I mean, I've been having pizza since back in…

Day

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Educated: no. Stupid: yes. And when I say "stupid," I mean stupid fresh.

Educated

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I don't want to have a real job. No one wants to have a job.

Job

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I don't know why we sold a lot of records or why so many people came to see us. Like 'Sabotage' -…

Choice

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You'd think that my acting in 'Lost Angels' would have been the reason why I gave up on it. But yeah, I'm…

Acting

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I love being in the Beastie Boys.

Being

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Part of me feels it's better we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Better

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