A lot of people are trying to get me to go solo. It's just a thing I have to deal with a lot. Record labels are always trying to get me to go solo.
— Ad-Rock
It takes a lot of guts to get on stage.
I've only done karaoke twice in my life.
The Beatles are great for everybody - they write the songs that made the whole world sing.
I reject Donald Trump's mission of America.
To me, a New Yorker is someone that has general disdain toward landlords, mass-transit authorities, electric companies, sports-team managers, NYU and its students, and anything new.
Trump is kind of fascinating. I wish he was only seen in black-and-white 'cause he's like a character from the 1890s.
You picture yourself as being 22 always, and so it's very bizarre when you're not.
I lost my mom when I was young.
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an actor.
Rap is the only super-current music. If you're into reggae or dancehall, and you don't know Bob Marley, then you don't really know what you're listening to. But if you're listening to rap, and you're 15, you're like, 'Grandmaster Flash? Who's that? Public Enemy? Yeah, my dad told me about them once.' And that's just how it is.
As a band, we always took a really long time to make records, so unfortunately, we got into that habit of, like, 'We'll work on it tomorrow.'
Sexism is deeply rooted in our history and society that waking up and stepping outside of it is like I'm watching 'Night of the Living Dead Part Two' all day, every day.
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 to have it last for so long - that's who I am and what I did forever.
New York taught me everything.
We did make fools of ourselves, but people were into it.
I want to open a restaurant.
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.
You have to consume Fig Newtons with either milk or an alternative milk product. It's like a conspiracy with the dairy industry. They're in cahoots.
There's songs you listen to at really heavy times, and you associate those songs with being depressed. 'English Rose' by The Jam, I can't listen to - it's just too heavy for me. 'Julia' by The Beatles, too. That popped up the other day, and I had to skip to the next song. They're both really awesome, moving songs, but I can't listen to them.
The Madonna tour thing was definitely funny that - you know, children were crying watching us... and it was interesting seeing how angry their parents were.
Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.
I watch NY1 every morning and have Pat Kiernan curate my news stories.
All generations think the present moment is the greatest but also have this fascination with before their time. I do the same thing. I see old British movies. I'm like, 'Man, I would love to be in London at that time.' But then I wouldn't be able to watch 'The Walking Dead,' I wouldn't have cable, and my pizza options would be limited.
Nobody wants to see the old person at the club.
Unfortunately, like, homework and school wasn't the thing that I was obsessing over. It was, you know, music and making music and how to like - and drum machines. And we met Rick Rubin, and Rick Rubin had a drum machine. So I would just cut school and go to his house - his dorm room.
I like Kanye West... he makes good music.
I'll be, like, the oldest rapper alive.
I got no business going to a club. I'm a terrible dancer. I got a bad back.
Being a straight white guy in his, like, early twenties - there's some sort of thing about it. A sort of privilege, a sort of anger or something. You just say some really stupid things.
Adam Yauch started the band. It's not like a thing where we could continue without him.
The two biggest influences of the '70s were Don Cornelius and Bruce Lee.
It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background.
A lot of Jewish kids do identify with us.
I do like burgers, I do eat chicken - and I'm not proud of it, but I pick my nose. We all do.
We got very lucky. We were successful, but if we weren't, I don't know what I would have done.
Me and my two best friends went to see the Ramones in 1979, and two weeks later, I was like, 'We're starting a band. That's it.'
I support women-run business.
We've gotta stand up against hate. If you're able to give money, give to Black Lives Matter. If you're able to protest, protest. If you're able to volunteer, volunteer.
I own a car: a minivan. But don't tell anyone, 'cause they're gonna ask to borrow it.
I'm not saying that kids today have everything, but with the Internet, it's like, you have it there, so use it! I know a bunch of kids who are into cassette tapes now. Cassette tapes suck! Why not use your iPod?
You think about when you're with your friend, and you hang out with your friend. And then you go do whatever you're doing, your life. You know, and then you see your friend again. But for us, we were friends that, we would be together, and then we would go to work, which was us still again, so we were always together.
Our talent and skill as rappers is clearly the first thing you notice. I don't know what we were thinking. We just really love rap and wanted to be rappers. Is that weird?
I have no idea about the state of rap. I don't pay attention. I just listen to old music that I have.
I don't really have long days very often.
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 the day, so it's whatever.
I would love to be in an action movie. I've always wanted to play the hacker guy - like, the Jewy hacker guy who just gets yelled at.
Of course, if you're gonna make a rap song, you're gonna want to sound like Melle Mel.
I hated Led Zeppelin at school.
We could be as rich as the Rolling Stones if we sold as many records.
