I always remain optimistic. Chuck D More Quotes by Chuck D More Quotes From Chuck D My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid. Chuck D youngadvicepeople Nothing has more words and performance than rap music. Chuck D rap-musicrapperformances The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments. Chuck D governmentevilpeople Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context of history is like drowning in bloody water, dragging down those yet knowing to swim. Chuck D breathingstrugglemoving You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now. Chuck D differencestwoyears Some artists are told what to like and told definitions of what the music business is. That's a problem. Music is artistry, and you want your music heard, your act known. But artists don't know. They are ignorant the minute they sign a contract. Chuck D ignorantdefinitionsartist There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack. Chuck D videohatesong In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as much as possible and maybe getting them picked up by a major. Now I tell people to cut a good tune and have it up in the marketplace the next day. You better be prepared to give it away, and people will come pay to see you. Chuck D cuttingartistpast I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream. Chuck D streamsrevenueartist Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America. Chuck D blacksuccessfulamerica I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music. Chuck D majorityhip-hopthinking You should be a person inside the world with knowledge of your terrain. And if you lock yourself into the 2,000-by-3,000-square-mile, lower-48 box of the United States, you're going to be frustrated by its limitations. You gotta think outside the box. Chuck D frustratedsquaresthinking When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive. Chuck D understandingwatchesworld What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records. Chuck D labelsartistjam The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Chuck D creatinggraceworld Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their own neighborhoods - the sum is bigger than the parts, and the parts will grow. Chuck D biggerrealpeople Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet. Chuck D raprealroots Excuse us for the news, Chuck D confusedrapwhite I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy. Chuck D graceenemythinking I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for. Chuck D recordshatepeople
