The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion. Talib Kweli More Quotes by Talib Kweli More Quotes From Talib Kweli I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18. Talib Kweli hook-uphookmets Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals. Talib Kweli moralradioway But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected. Talib Kweli disrespectfulartistprocess I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits. Talib Kweli photo-of-metwothinking I think music sharing of any kind is great. Talib Kweli kindthinking Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box. Talib Kweli rapperartistcompliment But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself. Talib Kweli be-creativesellscreative Once you're signed to a label you compromise. Talib Kweli labelscompromise What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style? Talib Kweli rocksguitarnew-york These niggaz ain't thugs, the real thugs is the government. Talib Kweli rapcatreal I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly. Talib Kweli luxuryplaypeople I look at the deejay thing as something - I'm good at it because I have my own music. I have enough rhythm to blend at this point. Talib Kweli deejaysenoughlooks Everybody could write, deejay, rap. Everybody could do it all. Talib Kweli deejaysrapwriting I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people aren't into me because of the content, because of the lyrics. Because there's a million of rappers who have great content. Talib Kweli vantage-pointrapperpeople Just because someone has great content doesn't mean you like them as a rapper. Talib Kweli rappermean I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality. Talib Kweli choicespeoplethinking With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've worked with some of the greatest of all time. That's been overlooked. That's been overshadowed by the weight of the lyrics. Talib Kweli focuswestweight Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero, it speaks the language that people speak on the streets. Talib Kweli zeroessencepeople I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we're always beating our chest and shouting where we're from - your city is just as influential as your parents. Even the grimy, hardcore gangster rap from New York - KRS-One and Wu Tang, the stuff acknowledges it. Talib Kweli rapcitiesnew-york My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody. Talib Kweli communitycitiesnew-york
