I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs." — 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
There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform.… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I want to always move forward with everything I am doing. So, I do the radio show, speak at universities and other… — 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
I always remain optimistic. There are three levels of music production: the majors, indies, and what I call "inties," music distributed via… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Corporations have steered the industry into what it wants, and a lot of times they will make artists record what it wants… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When we worked on Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted album. Before we talked studios, beats, or lyrics, I said, "Two rules: Only… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as… — 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
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
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 Image
Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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