I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
People don't like the music that's out now, that's on their radio stations, and they want to hear something different, but they're… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When people say, 'I don't see you enough,' well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist, or just… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I learned [playing Chuck Berry] that there's something to be said for the courage of conviction, that sense of belief, being bold… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I'm a passionate person. I'm a lot of things, like most people are. Most people are dynamic. The focus is not on… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
It's difficult to really be an artist nowadays. People are just on another page. You have a society that needs you to… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I tell people all the time, I've always loved music and I love the language, which is a huge reason why I'm… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I believe the projects were a social experiment; we were laboratory rats stacked on top of each other, and people just knew,… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it. — Mos Def Copy Share Image