Saul Williams Quotes

United States, Musician
February 29, 1972

Saul Stacey Williams is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, slam poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film Slam and the 2013 jukebox musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, featuring Tupac Shakur's music.

Also known as Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Poet, Actor, Writer

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.

Saul Williams
- Community
- Hip Hop
- Effect
You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.

Saul Williams
- Time
- Age
- Political

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

Saul Williams
- Song
- Legislation
- Riot
The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate from it.

Saul Williams
Hip-hop is too young to put a definition on it.

Saul Williams
- Young
- Hip Hop
- Definition
If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Saul Williams
- Progress
- Race
- Poets
We all have different relationships with music. But the music is always there.

Saul Williams
Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

Saul Williams

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done.

Saul Williams
- Done
- Rap
- Album
The MC has to be just that, a master in control. They can show no signs of weakness.

Saul Williams
- Control
- Weakness
- Master