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" I have mad brims. "
Mos Def
Mad
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" I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that. "
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" And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone. "
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" I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically. "
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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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" I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it. "
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" I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman. "
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" I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody. "
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" I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. "
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Trying
Right
" My presence speaks volumes before I say a word. "
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" I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture. "
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" You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah. "
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" I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent. "
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" You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative. "
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Negative
You
Name
" All the things that are worth doing, take time. "
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" I've always loved rhyming. I love language. "
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" Hip-hop is the last true folk art. "
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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. "
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" I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear. "
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" I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it. "
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" I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it. "
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" There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists. "
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" Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary. "
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