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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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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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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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Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there! Then you get across the street and you're like, Yeah I'm here! And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.
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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
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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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Don't look down, it's an impossible view Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
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There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.
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If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.
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Beef is not what Jay said to Nas Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.
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You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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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've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
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Live now for the promise of the Infinite
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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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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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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment, and I feel I've done quite a bit with that name. [But] it's time to expand and move on.
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I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we die like the last train leaving
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With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn't just about being noticed, you know?
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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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