Raekwon : (7)

" So my thing is we want come in and diffuse anything that’s not real, anything that doesn’t associate with real hip-hop. We want to be the one that says, ‘Yo, we want to help build and build a bigger and better industry.’ I’m just like, ‘Yo, with talent from Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec. Who’s paying attention?’ " - Raekwon

" I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn’t transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein’ taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard ‘8 Diagrams,’ they’d be like, ‘Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now – they’ve lost it.’ And I know that we didn’t lose it. " - Raekwon

" Whether you hear me come out with another album or whether you hear any one of the Clan members, we’re always going to involve everybody. When I look at ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Part II,’ I look at that as a Wu album. You feel me? Even though it was my brand and my thing that I done, I had my dudes on it. " - Raekwon

" When I sit here and see that the eight brothers from the neighborhood that I grew up with still have success, it had to be magical. I doubt if you get another ‘Wu-Tang Clan.’ That might be harder than getting the new ‘Jackson Five.’ Certain groups you only get one time, and we just happened to be that group. " - Raekwon

" I’m not an artist that makes singles, I’m an artist that makes albums, and it’s a totally different thing. " - Raekwon

" I’m very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I’m working. Sometimes things change in my life. It’s like, ‘Hold up – that ain’t feel good. That felt good.’ And that’s how I look at anything I do. " - Raekwon

" I’ll tell a young kid in a minute, ‘If you don’t know how to read, then what good is trying to be an MC?’ Like, you can MC, but if you’re not trying to be a better person, learn and apply that to your MCing, then how far do you think you’re really going to go? " - Raekwon