A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though they're supposed to be leaders… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because they got a couple of really big… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, the way some of these kids out here be actively gay, it would have been ridiculed in… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think that I am seeing the Internet and seeing technology take and seeing how the work I do through music directly… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think the biggest problem in our country is mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex. From the Rockefeller drug laws to stand… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I'd like to work with Outkast, I'd like to work with RZA, I'd like to work with Timbaland, York, a whole bunch… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
What else is stop and frisk? These neighborhoods are unsafe not because there's not enough cops illegally frisking people. They're not safe… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
People didn't really take white rappers seriously until Eminem, because he was better than everybody. Like female emcees, you need to be… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The way I feel about Crunk Feminists. Here you have a bunch of bloggers who are not even quoting any feminists' works… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
As far as my New York influence, one thing I'm proud of in my career is, I rep Brooklyn, New York all… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I support the idea that artists have to make a stand. I'm with that - you're putting the discussion on the table… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Now people won't beat you up if you are gay; they might just talk behind your back. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I feel like people mislead themselves when they tell themselves they're into me because of the lyrics. From my vantage point, people… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You have to learn how to harness technology so you can use it for positive stuff without being disconnected from nature. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I call these rappers baby seals, cause they club you to death. I could call them Navy SEALs, cause they government feds. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing.… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
