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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?

Talib Kweli

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
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Brooklyn
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But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
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If you ain't using all the talents God provided you with For the betterment of Man, understand, You ain't nothing but a waste.
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They hope for the Apocalypse like a self-fulfilling prophecy Tell me when do we stop it? Do they ask you your religion before you rent an apartment? Is the answer burning Korans so that we can defend Islamics?
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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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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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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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'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.
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It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
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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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If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.
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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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When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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