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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.
Talib Kweli
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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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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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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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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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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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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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As far as being on a major label, some labels get it and get what they have to do, and some labels don't. I don't think the label I'm on necessarily gets it, but I think over time they're gonna have to.
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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?
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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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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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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
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My rhymes are like shot clocks, interstate cops and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.
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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 not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate.
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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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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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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 think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.
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