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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. "
Mos Def
Respect
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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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" My presence speaks volumes before I say a word. "
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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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" It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.' "
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" Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years. It's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment. "
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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 didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as. "
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" Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate. "
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" Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records. "
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" I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way. "
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" I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. "
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" I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice. "
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" That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension. "
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" The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical. That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody. "
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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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