No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game. Chuck D More Quotes by Chuck D More Quotes From Chuck D One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor. Chuck D rapperalcoholinteresting Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites. Chuck D governmentupliftingtwo I encourage more blacks and people of color to get a passport. That's one way to help put people on an equal platform. Chuck D colorpeopleway Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that. Chuck D music-industrymusic-ismusical Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it. Chuck D rockship-hopculture Try to find like-minded people. Don't choose your friends based on the outside, choose your friends based on your similar views or something that you can learn from. Chuck D viewstryingpeople The best medicine for pain sometimes is some kind of logic and common sense from older folks. They tell you, "Okay, you're not the only one who actually went through this." Chuck D common-sensemedicinepain Men have periods; they're called wars. Chuck D periodsmenwar There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.' Chuck D voiceleaderpast My work throughout my life is always representative of the time we live in. It's all about keeping it in order and keeping it in gear. Chuck D gearslife-isorder I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth. Chuck D passionateshouldearth Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s. Chuck D qualitydifferentdoe You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much. Number one: They're trying to please whoever signed them to a contract. Number two: They're trying to appease a gigantic audience and they get this false magnification of love. I came from a thing which nowadays would be the exception to the rule. I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from. Which made me look at everything else as procedure. Chuck D motherlove-youfather Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don’t put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It’s something you’re supposed to do. Now, you can’t go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That’s stupid. Chuck D glowingvotingstupid I don't believe that everybody is out of some kind of cookie cutter, so the thing that protects me is always being level with myself, even to myself. Chuck D cookieslevelsbelieve I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums. Chuck D albumssongbelieve When somebody greedily comes along and thinks that they gonna snatch everything, and you have so many people that have not, the passion that drives me is trying to make them understand that they have to share. So, my art reflects that; the whole reason I do what I do reflects that. Chuck D passionartthinking If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you. Chuck D passportsmightworld So, rather than trying to humbly mix with the rest of the world, we are forcing ourselves upon it. We seem to create conflicts with everyone. Chuck D conflicttryingworld If they can send you to war at 18, maybe it's beneficial for some people to think that most of us gotta go to war for our own existence. Chuck D warpeoplethinking
