Mos Def Quotes

Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.
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Best, Trying, Else

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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Crazy, Rude, Shy

I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Love, Peace, Family

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
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Good, Art, Vocabulary

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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Hate, Nobody, Helpless

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def

Love, Peace, Humanity

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
Mos Def

Words, Read, Language

All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.
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Home, Alone, Remember

Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.
Mos Def

Everything, Together, Different

I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
Mos Def

Life, Time, Experience

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

Wind, Somebody, Ask

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.
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Positive, Art, Healing

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.
Mos Def

Life, Love, Music

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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Positive, Time, Money

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.
Mos Def

Music, Person, Try

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.
Mos Def

Love, Give, Off

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.
Mos Def

Music, Respect, Confidence

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.
Mos Def

Focus, Person, Keep

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
Mos Def

Feels, Followers, Obsessive

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.
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Life, Experience, Ask

But even creeps deserve to live someplace halfway decent.
Mos Def

Live, Deserve, Decent

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.
Mos Def

Art, True, Last

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.
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Family, Fear, Person

I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew, inherently, that there was something wrong. There's not a lot of regard for the property by the residents.
Mos Def

Wrong, Social, Knew

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Nationality: American

Born: December 11, 1973

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