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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
Poet
Rapper
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Brooklyn
New York
Talib Kweli Greene
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I look at the deejay thing as a tier thing. If I'm not going to compete on that level, I'm just going to do it as a hobby.
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My musical influence is really from my father. He was a DJ in college. My parents met at New York University. So he listened to, you know, Motown, and he listened to Bob Dylan. He listened to Grateful Dead and Rolling Stones, but he also listened to reggae music. And he collected vinyl.
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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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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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Now people won't beat you up if you are gay they might just talk behind your back.
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Love is blind, you just see bright light
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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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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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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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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 will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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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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I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.
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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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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 think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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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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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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