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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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I listened to a mind joint, and I wanted to do my own version of it, and what you hear on my mixtape is my take on what the whole CD sounds like.
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I look at the deejay thing as something - I'm good at it because I have my own music. I have enough rhythm to blend at this point.
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Jazz is the greatest American art form and our greatest export. We don't pay attention to the youth of jazz, don't stoke the fires creatively for the youth coming up. I feel like jazz musicians became too much of purists - with Donald Byrd doing funk jazz in the '70s.
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Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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I support the idea that artists have to make a stand. I'm with that - you're putting the discussion on the table and you're letting people know. You're being brave as an artist and responsible to the community.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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Love is blind, you just see bright light
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A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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Artists make art for themselves. Art is an honest expression. Artists who pander to their fans by trying to make music for their fans make empty, transparent art. The true fan does not want you to make music for them, they want you to make music for you, because that's the whole reason they fell in love with you in the first place.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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Let me finish my music, and let me present it the way I want to present it. And then share it, put it online, do whatever you want to do after that.
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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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