I really love this quote, found in "The Wu-Tang Manual" by RZA of the Wu-Tang:
People tell me that they never see me worry. I'm this n****a where there could be a bomb in the room, it's going to go off in fifteen minutes, there's no way we can get out, and I'll just be like, "We're getting out." It's just how I am--I recognize the beauty of Allah. And if you do that, you see an order in everything, the divine in every moment of existence. I've felt that way for years, but it's accessible to all of us. If you grasp it, it's like every breath is sweet.
I think that outlook is a big part of how I produce music. You hear something beautiful in everything around you. You don't think too hard about it--you just take it in, let it out. It's almost like you have to get out of your own way. Dip into the stream, come back out of it with jewels, let them pass through you.
Producing music is a spiritual act. I think anybody that makes music seriously, for long enough, comes to understand that. You know that everything you're doing in life relates to the music you're producing and visa versa.
I read the Wu-Tang manual, which provides many a connection between different philosophies, anecdotes, cultures (chess, comics, crime families, drugs) and much more. I thought it was very well done, but don't take my word for it....
on another producing note, here is the awaited "Hot Pocket"
I would warn you that it is explicit, both in a direct and indirect way. Musically, I was interested in emulating the styles of early 90's dance music, but towards the end I totally cheated and went all Sandstorm. Oh well.
But please check this out if you have liked our raps (featuring Jeff Joel Jeff and Bess!) or like the Roland 808 or 909 synthesizers, or like the song "Another Night" by the Real McCoy or like Night at the Roxbury, ironically or not.
Hot Pocket (AAC 3.9 megabytes)