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" I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean. "

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" If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio. "

" Reckless capitalism kills black people. "

" There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists. "

" I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this. "

" You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. "

" Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective. "

" I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody. "

" I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13. "

" I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly. "

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" Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop. "

" I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette. "

" I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work. "

" I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do. "

" Hip-hop is the last true folk art. "

" What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. "

" I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it. "

" I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as. "

" In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading. "

" I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.' "

" That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension. "

" I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that. "

" To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming. "

" I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents. "

" But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent. "

" You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics. "

" When people say, 'I don't see you enough,' well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist, or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up. "

" Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else. "

" I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically. "

" I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it. "

" I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about. "