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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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Talib Kweli
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 3
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.
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Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all.
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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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They ask me what I'm writing for - I'm writing to show you what we're fighting for.
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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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I think its man's nature to go to war and fight.
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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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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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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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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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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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Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, You can help by coming down here you can tweet.
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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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A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.
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