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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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Brooklyn
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It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing.
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War is not civilized.
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person.
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I was always rhyming and doing it for the love before I found out I was gonna have children and when I found out, doing it for the love wasn't enough.
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Art Imitates life, of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song Art Imitates Life because Oh No was in the studio and he actually came up with that hook. When I was trying to figure out a name for the record, it just kind of made sense.
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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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Love is blind, you just see bright light
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I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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My fans like to be romantic. I feel like I'm creating at least at the same level or even a higher level of creativity than I was at twenty-one. I've gotten better as an artist.
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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don't look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music.
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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Truthfully I wanna rhyme like common senseNext best thing I do a record with common sense
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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live in a neighborhood that deals with oppressed conditions, you deserve to be treated like a criminal. In our Constitution it says you have the right to live without illegal search and seizure.
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My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.
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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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