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" Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites. "
Chuck D
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" I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope. "
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" I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40 percent of your local artists; don't suck up to major labels to the point where you neglect your own locale. "
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" Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their own neighborhoods - the sum is bigger than the parts, and the parts will grow. "
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" Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there. "
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" There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.' "
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" I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money. "
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" People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white. "
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" My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being. "
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" Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives. "
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" One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that hip hop is full of infantile 35-year-olds. Hip hop cannot afford to be lazy. "
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" I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things. "
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" I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States. "
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" You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it. "
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" Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people. "
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" The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it. "
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" People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection. "
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" Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet. "
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" The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat. "
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Technology
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Fish
" My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly. "
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Father
" I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment. "
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Sports
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" When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive. "
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" Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid. "
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Glow
Yourself
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" What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records. "
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Want
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" Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. "
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" I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy. "
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" Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them. "
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" I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from. "
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" The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments. "
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" A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much. "
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" I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. "
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