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Talib Kweli Quotes

I think music sharing of any kind is great Picture Quote #1

People can be inspired the way I’ve been inspired by music Picture Quote #1

Love is blind, you just see bright light Picture Quote #1

Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel comfortable making empty music Picture Quote #1

We get high on all types of drugs when, all you really need is Love Picture Quote #1

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By the time you get into other kinds of music - R Picture Quote #1

I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we’re always beating our chest and shouting where we’re from - your city is just as influential as your parents. Even the grimy, hardcore gangster rap from New York - KRS-One and Wu Tang, the stuff acknowledges it Picture Quote #1

Being called ‘conscious’ is a great thing to be, but it’s the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be Picture Quote #1

The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it’s like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it’ll be a hip-hop song. That’s the only music you can do that with Picture Quote #1

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft Picture Quote #1

I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don’t appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you’ll never give an emcee props Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

As far as my New York influence, one thing I’m proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don’t look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music Picture Quote #1

I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they’re into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people aren’t into me because of the content, because of the lyrics. Because there’s a million of rappers who have great content Picture Quote #1

You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing Picture Quote #1

If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I’m not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I’ve got enough people listening to me. Not because I’m conscious, but because I’m dope Picture Quote #1

Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don’t mean conservative in the good way, like we’re saving money. I mean very intolerant Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They’ll grow out of it Picture Quote #1

Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero, it speaks the language that people speak on the streets Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they’re supposed to be leaders in the world, they’re followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail Picture Quote #1

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I think music sharing of any kind is great (Talib Kweli Quotes) People can be inspired the way I’ve been inspired by music (Talib Kweli Quotes) Love is blind, you just see bright light (Talib Kweli Quotes) Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all (Talib Kweli Quotes) I don’t feel comfortable making empty music (Talib Kweli Quotes) We get high on all types of drugs when, all you really need is Love (Talib Kweli Quotes) By the time you get into other kinds of music - R (Talib Kweli Quotes) I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we’re always beating our chest and shouting where we’re from - your city is just as influential as your parents. Even the grimy, hardcore gangster rap from New York - KRS-One and Wu Tang, the stuff acknowledges it (Talib Kweli Quotes) Being called ‘conscious’ is a great thing to be, but it’s the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be. (Talib Kweli Quotes) The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it’s like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it’ll be a hip-hop song. That’s the only music you can do that with. (Talib Kweli Quotes) You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft. (Talib Kweli Quotes) I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don’t appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you’ll never give an emcee props. (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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 (Talib Kweli Quotes) As far as my New York influence, one thing I’m proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all day. But people don’t look at my music as New York music. People consider my music underground music (Talib Kweli Quotes) I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they’re into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people aren’t into me because of the content, because of the lyrics. Because there’s a million of rappers who have great content (Talib Kweli Quotes) You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature. (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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? (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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 (Talib Kweli Quotes) My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around (Talib Kweli Quotes) It doesn’t get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big pop hits, actually some of the biggest pop hits that hip-hop has ever seen, people are missing that part of their story. People are not counting that blessing (Talib Kweli Quotes) If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I’m not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I’ve got enough people listening to me. Not because I’m conscious, but because I’m dope (Talib Kweli Quotes) Homosexuality in hip-hop is an extension of homosexuality in the black community. The black community is very, very conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and I don’t mean conservative in the good way, like we’re saving money. I mean very intolerant (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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 (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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. (Talib Kweli Quotes) Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They’ll grow out of it. (Talib Kweli Quotes) Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero, it speaks the language that people speak on the streets. (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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. (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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. (Talib Kweli Quotes) 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. (Talib Kweli Quotes) A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they’re supposed to be leaders in the world, they’re followers. They follow what they think someone else is doing, instead of trying to blaze a trail. (Talib Kweli Quotes)

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