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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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I seen her on the ave, spotted her more than once. Ass so fat that you could see it from the front.
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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
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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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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
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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'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I'm a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.
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I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.
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Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
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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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To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.
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I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.
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It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
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