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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. "
Mos Def
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" I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.' "
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" With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know? "
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" It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people. "
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" I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life. "
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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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" I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about. "
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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 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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" 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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" I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different. "
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" Hip-hop is the last true folk art. "
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" Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary. "
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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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" 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 feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture. "
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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 want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift. "
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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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" I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it. "
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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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" I've always loved rhyming. I love language. "
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" To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming. "
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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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" Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate. "
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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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" 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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