Mos Def Quotes

With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of beauty. It wasn’t just about being noticed, you know?

To me, playing an instrument and singing, all of these different things are just as natural to me as rhyming.

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

I’m an independent thinker. And I’m not the poster child for any movement. I’m trying to support whatever’s right no matter where it is.

I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I’m cool with that.