Mos Def Quotes

• It wouldn’t be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, ‘One bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch.’

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• I’m trying to get low. People’s personalities can get in the way of their own work.

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• I’m retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I’m actually doing it.

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• I’m not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that’s a buzz kill. There’s got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.

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• I’m just an artist and I’m doin’ what I like to do.

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• I’m growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.

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• I’m a passionate person. I’m a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on me though, I’m a screen. The aim is to always keep myself in the position where the screen is clear.

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• I was taught when there’s somethin’ you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin’ to complain about.

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• I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

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• I just don’t think it’s very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody’s ottoman.

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• I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

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• I have mad brims.

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• I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.

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• I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I’m just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way.

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• I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way. I don’t rap like nobody, I don’t try to sound like nobody.

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• I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

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• I don’t want to waste anyone’s time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

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• I don’t wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don’t get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn’t interested in that.

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• I don’t mind being black. I’m black out loud. It’s more than the people that they are, it’s the condition that they represent.

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• I don’t hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people – and they’re helpless with it.

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Mos Def (49)

Birth:	11th December, 1973
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Actor, Singer

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