Quote

I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.

Chuck D

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
Composer
Journalist
Musician
Radio Personality
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Television Producer
Writer
New York City
New York
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Love
Beliefs
Secure
Came
Belief
Father
Mother
Made
Always

More quotes by Chuck D

Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!
Chuck D
Image
They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join.
Chuck D
Image
Truth is truth no matter what I think.
Chuck D
Image
My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid.
Chuck D
Image
You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.
Chuck D
Image
The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.
Chuck D
Image
To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live.
Chuck D
Image
Every time something tries to create respect with a machine it crumbles!
Chuck D
Image
A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.
Chuck D
Image
Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America.
Chuck D
Image
I'm not a firm believer of mo' money mo' problems - I think that's stupid. I think it's that problems are already there that can be exacerbated by more things you don't understand.
Chuck D
Image
I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
Chuck D
Image
Men have periods they're called wars.
Chuck D
Image
A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually visiting the people in real life. It became a business model. It became a revenue engine that, you know, you can get to the hood without ever going there.
Chuck D
Image
Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural exchange is the ultimate exchange.
Chuck D
Image
Share and enjoy the fruits of this planet.
Chuck D
Image
You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.
Chuck D
Image
Americans are not sharp. You can be sharp in your own area, I guess, but in this world you gotta be conscious of everybody else in the world too. You just can't be drunken with constitution and hear, okay we're gonna do this and then you hear well, we're gonna go kill this guy 'cause he's a terrorist and you keep gettin' it.
Chuck D
Image
Corporations have steered the industry into what it wants, and a lot of times they will make artists record what it wants or to make songs talk to who they want to talk to. But sometimes the heart and the head have to be able to talk and deal with a situation that's evident.
Chuck D
Image
I don't believe that everybody is out of some kind of cookie cutter, so the thing that protects me is always being level with myself, even to myself.
Chuck D