What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to… — 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
If you want to speak about different ethnicities and diversity, rap and hip-hop are all over the planet. Every country, from Turkey… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
If you want to be an artist, truly try to write what you believe, and if you write when you don't believe… — 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
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
All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned 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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