Mos Def ,quotes

It wouldn't be fair to cast as...

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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But even creeps deserve to liv...

But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.

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I feel like being into the bea...

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

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I got my first exposure to Isl...

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

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I like to read the 'Financial ...

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

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I never had any ambitions of b...

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

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I'm an independent thinker. An...

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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I'm growing as an individual, ...

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'm inspired by playwrights, n...

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'm retiring the Mos Def name ...

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

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I'm trying to get low. People'...

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

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If Islam's sole interest is th...

If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.

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If you're going to do Chuck Be...

If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing.

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Reckless capitalism kills blac...

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

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Record companies are not neces...

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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African art is functional, it ...

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

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I believe the projects were a ...

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.

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I don't wanna get into that sp...

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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I've been fortunate with my ac...

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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In the early '90s, when I real...

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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