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I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that music.
Saul Williams
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Saul Williams
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: February 29
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Saul Stacey Williams
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Сommercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures with Donald Trump and the heroes of capitalism - you know that's not rebellion. That's not the street - that's Wall Street.
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I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.
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The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.
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I am hoping for peaceful transition into a new age. Obama has already played a great role in initiating us into that vision. If he were to be harmed in any way, it would spawn the birth of a million Obamas.
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Niggy Tardust' is the voice of a generation, a generation that does not define itself simply by what it's born into.
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My father's a preacher, my mother's a teacher, thus... I rhyme.
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Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence
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I hear the weed is really strong in California.
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I don't really believe in writer's block or anything like that. If I'm not feeling words, I may pick up an instrument and play with sounds or delve into different types of creativity and expression.
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The most powerful political voices are those with a different way of seeing and processing the world and the sounds that emanate from it.
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Music has always pushed ahead social movements and can do much more than just dumb down a populace.
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When I finally decide that I'm ready to get out of bed, it could be the sunlight, it could be the fact that I'm awake, and, OK, first of all, I wake up in the morning because I have to go to the bathroom.
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There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.
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I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.
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The role that theater has placed in enhancing consciousness and moving systems ahead. I think of what South African theater meant for the apartheid movement, for example. I think of what music has meant for so many social movements across time.
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I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much.
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I feel pretty vulnerable all the time.
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I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance.
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There is no music more powerful than hip-hop. No other music so purely demands an instant affirmative on such a global scale. When the beat drops, people nod their heads, “yes,” in the same way that they would in conversation with a loved one, a parent, professor, or minister.
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