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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.

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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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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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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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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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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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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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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
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I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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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 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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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 don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person.
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There just needs to be a gay rapper who's better than everybody. That's when that question will no longer be able to be asked.
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The most important time in history is - NOW - the present, So count your blessings cause time can't define the essence.
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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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Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've worked with some of the greatest of all time. That's been overlooked. That's been overshadowed by the weight of the lyrics.
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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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