Afrika Bambaataa Quotes
I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
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I have faith in the jury system.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
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There is nothin' like a dame.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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Never doubt that one person can make a difference.
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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim.
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Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.
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Ideally, I would love to mix singing and acting, but you can only be a pop star for so many years. I mean, at 30 it's a little bit sad, right?
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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.
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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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When you're changing your diet, or you're becoming a vegan, your system will become a bit more sensitive, and you just have to deal with it.
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The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.
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Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steamed the label off, put it on the wrong finger, I basically did everything wrong until I met some of the Blues legends early in my career who taught me another way. I didn't have anyone to tell me women didn't play bottleneck.
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Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.
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I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.
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I want to be able to do what I want to do. A lot of times, the major labels, they can't see the vision, they can only see the dollar signs. So, it doesn't really work out like that.
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'Circuital' was just so much about us as a band. We captured every song live, including the main vocal. That is probably my favorite My Morning Jacket record because it's really the essence of us being us. The solo record is just a completely different essence of just me trying to figure out stuff.
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I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.
