Mos Def

I have mad brims.

— Mos Def

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

— Mos Def

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

— Mos Def

Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

— Mos Def

I'd bet a million dollars on DOOM against Lil' Wayne

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Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

— Mos Def

I don't rap like nobody, I don't try to sound like nobody.

— Mos Def

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?

— Mos Def

We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.

— Mos Def

I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.

— Mos Def

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

— Mos Def

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life…

— Mos Def

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

— Mos Def

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

— Mos Def

I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.

— Mos Def

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.

— Mos Def

I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm part of theater.

— Mos Def

I can't take it y'all I can feel the city breathin Chest heavin, against the flesh of the evening Sigh before we…

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African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section.…

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It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by…

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I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice:…

— Mos Def

With guys I revere, like Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X, their look is less about style than purpose and the expression of…

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Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years, it's a name that the streets taught me, a…

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You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be…

— Mos Def

I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way.…

— Mos Def

It's difficult to really be an artist nowadays. People are just on another page. You have a society that needs you to…

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There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental.…

— Mos Def

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who…

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Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.…

— Mos Def

And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop…

— Mos Def

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in…

— Mos Def

I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up…

— Mos Def

So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on…

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Reckless capitalism kills black people.

— Mos Def

I've always loved rhyming. I love language.

— Mos Def

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

— Mos Def

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

— Mos Def

Why do I need ID to get ID? If I had ID, I wouldn't need ID.

— Mos Def

Restlessness is my nemesis/ It's hard to just chill and sit still

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At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.

— Mos Def