Talib Kweli

When you shine bright, some won't enjoy the shadow you cast.

— Talib Kweli

Do the math: You never settle for less than the whole if you knew the half.

— Talib Kweli

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

— Talib Kweli

“You can have your own opinions but not your own facts”

— Talib Kweli

“You gave birth to a new sound like Donda West.”

— Talib Kweli

Life without knowledge is death in disguise.

— Talib Kweli

I think music sharing of any kind is great.

— Talib Kweli

When I met you it was magic... We polar opposites, but attracted like we was magnets.

— Talib Kweli

If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there…

— Talib Kweli

It's a paradox we call reality, so keepin' it real will make you casualty of abnormal normality.

— Talib Kweli

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke, but my language universal they be recitin my quotes.

— Talib Kweli

At exactly which point do you start to realize, that life without knowledge is death in disguise.

— Talib Kweli

I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the…

— Talib Kweli

We commute to computers; Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors. We survivalists, turned to consumers...

— Talib Kweli

As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not like follow them. Because if I chose to follow…

— Talib Kweli

I have enough rhythm to blend at this point. I have enough rhythm to blend one song into another. But man, I…

— Talib Kweli

The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm…

— Talib Kweli

As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not, like, follow them. Because if I chose to follow…

— Talib Kweli

Michael Bloomberg is a sensible guy. He's just privileged. He's a goddamn billionaire, and he or his family members have never had…

— Talib Kweli

"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was…

— Talib Kweli

I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we're always beating our chest and shouting where we're from…

— Talib Kweli

Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's…

— Talib Kweli

The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely…

— Talib Kweli

A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support

— Talib Kweli

You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something…

— Talib Kweli

Bear witness I'm like shot clocks, interstate cops, and blood clots, my point is your flow gets stopped.

— Talib Kweli

If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean…

— Talib Kweli

The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow 'til the speakers explode.

— Talib Kweli

You gotta fast forward just to catch what I said. I say some shit like that just to mess with your head!

— Talib Kweli

We have pathological romances with technological advances, infatuated with infatuation and intellectual masturbation.

— Talib Kweli

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

— Talib Kweli

You gotta get back to your essence, Use your gifts and share your presence, Don't count your dollars 'til you count your…

— Talib Kweli

I gotta be dope first. I gotta be appealing to your senses, and to what you like first. Then the message happens.…

— Talib Kweli

I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out of the bank until I saw how Citi Bank responded…

— Talib Kweli

We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.

— Talib Kweli

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

— Talib Kweli

People consider Black Star a great album, and I think it's a classic album. But the fact is, both me and Mos…

— Talib Kweli

I'm not looking to set a standard... but, I believe I have offered a challenge to others with my work.

— Talib Kweli

But there's so many things in life like women, like children, like God and family that transcends the world of hip-hop.

— Talib Kweli

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be…

— Talib Kweli