Quote

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?

Mos Def

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mos Def
Age: 50
Born: 1973
Born: December 11
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Yasiin Bey
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Beze
Black Dante
Tang
Hops
Hips
Roll
Rock
Rocks
Hell

More quotes by Mos Def

Image
You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.
Mos Def
Image
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.
Mos Def
Image
If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.
Mos Def
Image
I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...
Mos Def
Image
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.
Mos Def
Image
Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.
Mos Def
Image
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.
Mos Def
Image
Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.
Mos Def
Image
I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.
Mos Def
Image
Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
Mos Def
Image
Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret: The million other straws underneath it.
Mos Def
Image
I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.
Mos Def
Image
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.
Mos Def
Image
African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
Mos Def
Image
That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def
Image
There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.
Mos Def
Image
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.
Mos Def
Image
I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne
Mos Def
Image
And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you was mine. I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.' Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps. Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.'
Mos Def
Image
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.
Mos Def