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"While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all the time and also ran a charity for refugee kids for a time."
--- Doc Brown
#Youth #Rap #Involved
"Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in front of people and be the happy guy in the room."
--- Doc Brown
#People #Get Up #Fronts
"I'm proud of most of the stuff I've put out and I hope my kids will look at it long after I'm gone and go, "hey, Daddy was cool once!""
--- Doc Brown
#Long #Kids #Daddy
"I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character. However, I do have many inspirations from the worlds of literature, music, comedy and film."
--- Doc Brown
#Creative #Order #World
"If you are successful because of Hip Hop, which I am, then you have to recognize that Hip Hop is nothing if not a product of the street, therefore you have to give something back."
--- Doc Brown
#Hops #Streets #Products
"The future's unwritten. It's what we make of it."
--- Doc Brown
#Unwritten
"You really come to life on stage but outside - this is a bit of a sad clown cliché - there is that element of loneliness you get from travelling and being on the road. Stand-ups can bring a lot of that to a dramatic role and make it work for them."
--- Doc Brown
#Elements #Roles #Stage
"I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting."
--- Doc Brown
#Being The Best #Term #Writing
"In terms of a comedy plan I don't really have a list of what I want accomplish. I'm just riding the wave! I think I will always come back to stand-up and comedy in all its forms. I just don't think it will ever be the one sole thing I do."
--- Doc Brown
#Thinking #Term #Lists
"No wonder this circuit failed. It says 'Made in Japan'."
--- Doc Brown
#Made #Japan #Wonder
"I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money."
--- Doc Brown
#Rap #Firsts #First Time
"There is only one thing that could make me near homicidal. Yeah - this is called My Proper Tea."
--- Doc Brown
#Homicidal #Yeah #One Thing
"There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless."
--- Doc Brown
#Rap #Term #Performances
"Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one"
--- Doc Brown
#Your Future #Our Future
"Breaking up monotony is key to life and it doesn't matter whether I'm stacking shelves or writing songs, if I was doing the same thing every day I just couldn't take it."
--- Doc Brown
#Shelves #Keys #Writing
"I think the sensible thing would be to focus on one thing and be the best you can be at it. There is always that risk of spreading yourself too thin if you try to do too much."
--- Doc Brown
#Thinking #Being The Best #Risk
"I never gave up rapping - it gave up on me. There was no industry and no appetite for UK rap back then and I had a daughter to feed. I couldn't keep doing something full time that didn't pay the bills."
--- Doc Brown
#Rap #Bills #Industry
"When I slid into comedy, naturally the first thing I said was, "hello, I am a washed up rapper.""
--- Doc Brown
#Said #Firsts #Rapper
"I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by."
--- Doc Brown
#Littles #Hard #My Future
"Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier."
--- Doc Brown
#Thinking #Easier #Planets
"I just love the subversion of dialogue in sitcoms, stand-up is monologue and that is entertaining for a lot of people but personally I find it a bit trying, which is a weird thing to say as a stand-up! I love people aping normal conversation and twisting it so it becomes hilarious."
--- Doc Brown
#People #Subversion #Weird Things
"I respect anyone who's honest to themselves and able to bring that into their work in an entertaining fashion."
--- Doc Brown
#Honest #Fashion #Able
"I think everybody wants to be the best at what they do and for me I was never really there, plus it was in a time that just preceded the insanity of internet promotion around 2005 and 2006. Obviously through the digital revolution things have moved very quickly and a lot of artists got left behind."
--- Doc Brown
#Thinking #Being The Best #Plus
"With this kind of camera-phone madness we have got, moments are diluted into self-contained edited experiences."
--- Doc Brown
#Phones #Cameras #Moments
"My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it."
--- Doc Brown
#Hops #Culture #Be Inspired
"In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no"."
--- Doc Brown
#Never Underestimate #Show Business #Saying No
"I'd always written rhymes but I was scared to share them. They stayed on paper or in my head, until I started going to watch battles and eventually thought to myself, "I'm definitely as good as some of these guys, and maybe even better than them"."
--- Doc Brown
#Share #Rhyme #Written
"I think I'll always be linked to comedy. There is something about it that's such a beautiful thing. The world of drama sneers at it because people assume that it's easy but it's not at all; it's incredibly difficult."
--- Doc Brown
#People #Thinking #Beautiful Things
"I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can."
--- Doc Brown
#I Can #Social #Entertainers
"I think I would just get bored to be honest. Ask any human being if they want to stay in exactly the same job for thirty years they say "No!" The ultimate cliché, 'Variety is the spice of life', is sadly true."
--- Doc Brown
#Thinking #Asks #Variety Is The Spice Of Life

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