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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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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.
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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 was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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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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God gave us music, so we play with our words.
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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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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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I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing. I can do art songs with other artists and it's seamless.
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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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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.
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I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for like, Oh, I'm gonna kill them in the first week. But as people slowly discover the album they realize it's better than a lot of what they've been listening to all year.
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Fortunately, artists can live off their works, if you're creative at how you do it. If you just depend on the videos and the radio, you're at a loss.
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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
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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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And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.
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Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.
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