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You can positively affect and change a social circumstance with art, and it’s vital that a change happens now.

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Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
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Singer
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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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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.
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Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
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We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.
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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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Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.
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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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I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.
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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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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've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
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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 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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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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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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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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There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
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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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Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going how are you doing?
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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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