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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.

Talib Kweli

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
Musician
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Brooklyn
New York
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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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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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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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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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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
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If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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Now people won't beat you up if you are gay they might just talk behind your back.
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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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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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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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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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Life is a beautiful struggle.
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I have such respect for the art of deejaying. I hesitate to even call myself a deejay.
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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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I just got a new manager. He's like, So what do you want to do with the deejay thing? I'm like, The deejay thing for me is more my hobby. It's great when you can supplement your income, when you have a weekly or something, it's fun. It's really a hobby, because I don't want it to take away from what I do, which is emceeing.
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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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