I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. — Chuck D People Copy Share Image
If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me. — Chuck D Can't change Copy Share Image
I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term. — 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
Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no… — Chuck D America Copy Share Image
When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland… — Chuck D History 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 Albums Copy Share Image
The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States. — Chuck D Alive Copy Share Image
I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from. — Chuck D Belief Copy Share Image
Comin' from the school of hard knocks, Some perpetrate...they drink Clorox. Attack the black, cause I know they lack exact The cold… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Getting on the road and driving along a road at night, or even in the daytime and seeing the oceans or whatever,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media… — Chuck D Attention 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… — Chuck D Art Copy Share Image
Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing.… — 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
I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you,… — Chuck D Love Copy Share Image
Eminem has talent, and his talent is the thing that influences many young people who would have never gone anywhere near rap.… — Chuck D Artist Copy Share Image
The best American is one who considers themselves as a citizen of the world. — Chuck D America Copy Share Image
I have to be conscious of what I'm sayin' because people are gonna come at me about this sh*t. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops — Chuck D Culture 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
Try to find like-minded people. Don't choose your friends based on the outside, choose your friends based on your similar views or… — Chuck D Friendship 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
Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I like to drive and I like to travel. When I drive on the open road, it's like sometimes the car turns… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The truth has no form, you know. It's not like walking around trying to actually ask for favors and to be acknowledged,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I always tell people that I was fortunate I was able to come in with a group of men. We didn't come… — Chuck D Boys Copy Share Image
