I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Excuse us for the news, You might not be amused; But did you know White comes from Black? No need to be… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The real thing is the heart, you know the heart shouldn't be covered with concrete. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
If you have no soul you can gut it out. You know, like a marionette, you'll just follow what seems to actually… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The truth has no form, you know. It's not like walking around trying to actually ask for favors and to be acknowledged,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases. — 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
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 Copy Share Image
Comin' from the school of hard knocks, Some perpetrate...they drink Clorox. Attack the black, cause I know they lack exact The cold… — Chuck D 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
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
Bass! How low can you go? Death row...what a brother know. Once again, back is the incredible, The rhyme animal, the uncannable… — 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
Never have so many men treated women like our foes. They call 'em hoes, but they might as well call them foes,… — 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
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Rap music and rap records used to always be like this: we get one or two shots to a piece cause it… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We didn't invent music, so it's been here for a reason, and it has powers for a reason. So we should pay… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You know, it's nothin' quick overnight. If anything happens to you quick, you need to start questioning that. You know, you hear… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Where else can you go with respect to the work, lyrics, and message of the music? If you are past high school… — 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
