KRS-One

I'm the most humble rapper in the industry.

— KRS-One

You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you?

— KRS-One

Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

— KRS-One

When you do an album, you don't get to test an album live.

— KRS-One

Radio has always been just disgusting.

— KRS-One

You have to be educated to vote.

— KRS-One

It's not about a salary, it's all about reality.

— KRS-One

Hip is the knowledge and Hop is the movement..

— KRS-One

I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil.

— KRS-One

Original hip hop manipulated technologies of all sorts; it was not manipulated by the technology itself.

— KRS-One

Where I go, rap goes. Rap is like my dog; it's like my little pet. And where I go, I lead my…

— KRS-One

I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.

— KRS-One

Everything God wants you to know is already written in your heart.

— KRS-One

Every ghetto kid that walks the earth can see something in KRS-One that reminds him of himself.

— KRS-One

Young people may be stupid at times, but they respond to the truth when it is present, and for them, KRS-One is…

— KRS-One

The idea of New Zealanders sounding like Americans is not it. You got to rhyme in your language, your accent.

— KRS-One

Teach the student what needs to be taught. 'Cause black and white kids both take shorts When one doesn't know about the…

— KRS-One

No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are…

— KRS-One

Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A…

— KRS-One

I am the manifestation of study, NOT the manifestation of money. Therefore, I advance through thought, NOT what's manufactured and bought.

— KRS-One

There's no distinction. A teacher is a preacher. The teachers in public schools are preachers, and the preachers in church are teachers.

— KRS-One

High respect goes out to our mothers, our single mothers. This is why today the real community uplifts femininity and holds womanhood…

— KRS-One

I am a youth minister, ordained by the Riverside Church in upper New York. But to declare myself a minister and begin…

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There's a Universe Instrument, where we apply Hip-Hop to astronomy, and we flush out the chemistry of Hip-Hop. We also flushed out…

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If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS…

— KRS-One

...Cops just surrounding me with pistols everywhere. They put me in the backseat of their car handcuffed, Pushed out them chests like…

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You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of…

— KRS-One

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and…

— KRS-One

When I say hip-hoppers, I mean black, white, Asian, Latino, Chicano, everybody. Everybody. Hip-hop has united all races. Hip-hop has formed a…

— KRS-One

Take a look at the police and how they treat you, Take a look at these corporations that cheat you. Democrats and…

— KRS-One

I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light…

— KRS-One

Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in…

— KRS-One

“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something,…

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I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property,…

— KRS-One

The only solution to the education system is to find yourself.

— KRS-One

I am a poet, and I speak poetically.

— KRS-One

When rap music needed to have a teacher, I became it.

— KRS-One

If you vote for evil, you are evil yourself.

— KRS-One

Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.

— KRS-One

I don't see enough peace talk in society.

— KRS-One