Yasiin Bey Quotes
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Yo, it's 1 universal law but 2 sides to every story, 3 strikes and you be in for life, mandatory. 4 MC's murdered in the last 4 years, I ain't tryin to be the 5th one, the Millennium is here. Yo, it's 6 million ways to die, from the 7 deadly thrills, 8-year olds gettin' found with 9 mill's. It's 10 P.M., where your seeds at? What's the deal?
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I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.
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I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.
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Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?
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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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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'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.
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I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.
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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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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
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Live now for the promise of the Infinite
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It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.
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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 thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.
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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
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I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.
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People don't like the music that's out now, that's on their radio stations, and they want to hear something different, but they're just the audience. You know, people will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that. [But] they are really looking for something that's gonna speak to the world that they're living in. That's what people are looking for, but they're not finding it.
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We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine