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" I think governments are the cancer of civilization. "
Chuck D
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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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" You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it. "
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" I was inspired by the classic rock radio of the Seventies. They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons and Peter Framptons of the time. In many ways, classic rock became bigger than mainstream rock. "
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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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" 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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" Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. "
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" Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites. "
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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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" I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle. "
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" You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake. "
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" 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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" Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that. "
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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 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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" I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for. "
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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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" I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money. "
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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 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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" 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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" I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term. "
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" I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day. "
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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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" You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now. "
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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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" I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. "
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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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