Black Star Quotes
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Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up to me, would be very, very quiet. I'd be like a shopkeeper, a book collector, or something like that. I'm not like this. Myself as a performer and an artist is totally different from who I am.
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The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
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I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle
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Those who would trade in their freedom For their protection deserve neither
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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Hip hop has always been, for us, for artists who are pure to the craft - any place overseas, whether it's Australia, any place in Asia, Germany, Africa, it becomes something where you can still go and work. Hip hop is an import culture. We're spoiled by it here. It's homegrown.
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I'm inspired by playwrights, novelists, poets: The value of language has been a lifelong passion of mine. I enjoy it. I'm good at it.
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Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
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You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day."
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Just because no one can understand how you speak, Don't necessarily mean that what you be sayin is deep.
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I look at the deejay thing as a tier thing. If I'm not going to compete on that level, I'm just going to do it as a hobby.
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Back in the day they stole our smile, so we clothe our teeth in gold.
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I just got a new manager. He's like, "So what do you want to do with the deejay thing?" I'm like, "The deejay thing for me is more my hobby." It's great when you can supplement your income, when you have a weekly or something, it's fun. It's really a hobby, because I don't want it to take away from what I do, which is emceeing.
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Reckless capitalism kills black people.
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I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough
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Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?
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I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
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The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
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I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.
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They hope for the Apocalypse like a self-fulfilling prophecy Tell me when do we stop it? Do they ask you your religion before you rent an apartment? Is the answer burning Korans so that we can defend Islamics?