William Michael Griffin Jr. (Rakim) Quotes
I’ve always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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But no, I'm still living in LA and haven't dropped off the face of the earth.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.
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I'm trying to make sense of lot of things with 'Tyrannosaur.' I'm trying to make sense of people who've left now. They're not here, they can't answer for themselves any more, they're gone. And I'm trying to make peace with those ghosts.
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If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.
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Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm interested in those complexities. But I want to address that in very forthright language and sometimes with images.
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I actually started working in Chicago while I was still a student; I did the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' at the end of my junior year. I had come to Chicago for Northwestern University. I didn't quite know about the theater community, and what I did know was mostly the improv.
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My life owes me. Like an overdose, I'm slowly Drifting into the arms of trouble, then trouble holds me
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Hey, you've got the girl, I've got the picture. That's fair, right?
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Maybe we just like winners, ... We hope some of that will carry over to the Redskins.
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I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
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The best way to become a writer is to go off and write.
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Did you really think I would be this excited about college if I thought I'd be leaving my girl behind?
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Computers are everywhere and you can't even begin to function with a computer unless you have comprehension and an understanding of the English language.
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For many years there have been treatments available which are successful and usually NOT harmful for diseases, such as AIDS, cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, organ regeneration and other diseases. One by one these treatments and their creators or proponents have been targeted by the FDA, which I call the "office of orthodoxy enforcement," illegally using just powers derived from the consent of governed. These forms of tyranny are always accompanied by multi agency intrusions or harassment, confiscation of private medical files, censorship of written materials and threats or prosecution.
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I tend not to listen. When I'm listening to records, I don't listen to much new wave stuff, I tend to listen to the stuff I used to listen to a few years back but sort of odd singles.
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It should be about this team, and it should be about these guys. It should be about our relationship. It shouldn't be about records.
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I’ve always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times
