Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. — Chuck D People Copy Share Image
If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me. — Chuck D Can't change Copy Share Image
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs." — Chuck D Care Copy Share Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D Communication Copy Share Image
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the… — Chuck D Music Copy Share Image
I let go usually by talking to many people in different areas, in different realms of life that make me look at… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland… — Chuck D History Copy Share Image
Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no… — Chuck D America Copy Share Image
People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection. — Chuck D Art Copy Share Image
The minute I get swelled up about something, something has always brought me back down to earth. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites. — Chuck D Culture Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what… — Chuck D Choices Copy Share Image
Maybe we need to look upon technologies and social networks as things that come out of us, not things that lead us.… — Chuck D Human beings Copy Share Image
As a late teenager, the punk movement pushed me further. In particular, the Clash, which happened to leak through the time of… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When we worked on Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted album. Before we talked studios, beats, or lyrics, I said, "Two rules: Only… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Today, a young person that doesn't know themselves will totally be sold some other situation. Let's do your avatar. You know? And… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a teenager, I was always kind of, like, checking myself. You know, like, "Come on man, don't get… — Chuck D Giving Copy Share Image
Why would twenty-six-year-old "teenagers" care about political ramifications if their backs are not up against the wall? But if their backs are… — Chuck D Care Copy Share Image
My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid. — Chuck D Advice Copy Share Image
Every time something tries to create respect with a machine it crumbles! — Chuck D Computers Copy Share Image
And when I say it, they get alarmed... 'Cause I'm louder than a bomb. — Chuck D Bombs Copy Share Image
Oh, America is slipping away from the rest of the consciousness of the planet - slipping away. — Chuck D America Copy Share Image
All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it? — Chuck D Activism Copy Share Image
I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they… — Chuck D Company Copy Share Image
I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth. — Chuck D Access Copy Share Image
I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things. — Chuck D People Copy Share Image
I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves. — Chuck D Fearless Copy Share Image
The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that… — Chuck D Creating Copy Share Image
I'm not a firm believer of "mo' money mo' problems" - I think that's stupid. I think it's that problems are already… — Chuck D Believer 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 Art Copy Share Image
