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Want Quotes by Chuck D

8 Want quotes by Chuck D

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Chuck D brings his unmistakable voice to the subject of wanting, turning each of the eight snippets into a punchy reminder of drive and ambition. The collection feels like a spoken‑word set‑list that keeps the listener’s focus on what fuels us.

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What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to…

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I want to always move forward with everything I am doing. So, I do the radio show, speak at universities and other…

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If you want to speak about different ethnicities and diversity, rap and hip-hop are all over the planet. Every country, from Turkey…

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Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want…

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If you want to be an artist, truly try to write what you believe, and if you write when you don't believe…

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Corporations have steered the industry into what it wants, and a lot of times they will make artists record what it wants…

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Some artists are told what to like and told definitions of what the music business is. That's a problem. Music is artistry,…

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All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?

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You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it.

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Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and…

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Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!

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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…

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There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In…

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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…

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Americans are not sharp. You can be sharp in your own area, I guess, but in this world you gotta be conscious of everybody…

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Music should be some kind of nourishment.

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I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.

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