Wale Quotes
Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training that next year and started off well, got sent down, and I pouted pretty much all of 2000. And it wasn't the right way to handle it.
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I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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What is important is to win.
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I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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When you start putting too much thought into it, the music starts getting too revealing. You don't need to know all my inner thoughts.
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When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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I know how important it is to, you know, to be my own person.
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I'm grateful that I had a wonderful run on radio, and I'm grateful and thankful to all those guys and gals that played my music on radio all through the years.
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Indeed there are many competent people who are plagued by a sense of inefficacy, and many less competent ones who remain unperturbed by impending threats because they are self-assured of their coping capabilities.
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It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.
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'Elect the Dead' is a rock record that takes you on a journey with different types of genres integrated, different lyrical themes digested, and many fun and colorful moments to enjoy.
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Mix-tapes are something that have been going on for a while. They've been pretty important to hip-hop for the past 10 years. It's the way we advertise our music to the public for free.
