Black Star Quotes
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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.
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Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that.
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Now people won't beat you up if you are gay; they might just talk behind your back.
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I see that happening with hip hop purists now. Where you have an artist like a Kendrick [Lamar] or a Drake, who are really trying different things emotionally, different things musically, and on a mainstream level. And you have underground hip hop fans dissing it, for the simple fact that it's mainstream - not because what they're doing is whack, or what they're doing is not sincere.
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Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
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I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.
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That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
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Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, "You can help by coming down here; you can tweet."
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This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.
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Coltrane had a sax, Dale Earnhardt drives a race car and everybody has their tools.
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You have to be an extremist to believe that you're gonna be the president of the United States and your name is Barack Hussein Obama! And he's using extreme methods, but his application is very smooth. Michelle Obama is extreme, her presence is extreme. And it's an extreme good. Extreme is not negative.
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History has proven that it's impossible to crush the artist. There's always gonna be a need for somebody to write a poem or sing a song about something, about life - that makes it real. There's the word that goes beyond the word.
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The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.
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I look at the deejay thing as something - I'm good at it because I have my own music. I have enough rhythm to blend at this point.
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.
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Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.
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Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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I want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine.
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I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.
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A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support
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I've always loved rhyming. I love language.
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If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.
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"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was in the studio and he actually came up with that hook. When I was trying to figure out a name for the record, it just kind of made sense.