People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
If you want to be an artist, truly try to write what you believe, and if you write when you don't believe… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You know, you should start to be in plays and things like that. Write some scripts. If you're an artist and you… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind."… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I became tired of submitting my art to a panel of corporate strategists who decide if it meets their standard of what… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
If you want to speak about different ethnicities and diversity, rap and hip-hop are all over the planet. Every country, from Turkey… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You can actually take your pain and processes it into some kind of form of art. So I mean, I've easily always… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Corporations have steered the industry into what it wants, and a lot of times they will make artists record what it wants… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When somebody greedily comes along and thinks that they gonna snatch everything, and you have so many people that have not, the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I think the problem for the future generations is a lot of people ain't takin' the time to look for galvanizing artists… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Some artists are told what to like and told definitions of what the music business is. That's a problem. Music is artistry,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. — Chuck D Copy Share
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music… — Chuck D Copy Share
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all… — Chuck D Copy Share
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people,… — Chuck D Copy Share
You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it. — Chuck D Copy Share
They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military.… — Chuck D Copy Share
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and… — Chuck D Copy Share
I wanna go to the clubs and actually have a good time too, but at the same time, when the party's over, I have… — Chuck D Copy Share
There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In… — Chuck D Copy Share
We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the… — Chuck D Copy Share
Americans are not sharp. You can be sharp in your own area, I guess, but in this world you gotta be conscious of everybody… — Chuck D Copy Share
