KRS-One

Bring the arts back, and treat it with respect.

— KRS-One

I don't see enough peace talk in society.

— KRS-One

Rap is no longer a pastime; this is a worldwide profession.

— KRS-One

Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.

— KRS-One

If you vote for evil, you are evil yourself.

— KRS-One

When rap music needed to have a teacher, I became it.

— KRS-One

I am a poet, and I speak poetically.

— KRS-One

The only solution to the education system is to find yourself.

— KRS-One

No child is racist. A child is born, and then they go through the educational system.

— KRS-One

If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it.

— KRS-One

Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft? They corny ass raps be makin me doze off.

— KRS-One

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

— KRS-One

You know, you don't see with your eyes You see with your brain And the more words your brain has The more…

— KRS-One

If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them. And they know it, which is why they don't play my…

— KRS-One

I came from the heart of the ghetto - there ain't no suburbia in me.

— KRS-One

There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.

— KRS-One

You know something, it's best no to have what you need because then, you start looking for what you need and make…

— KRS-One

As a conscious rap artist, you should not want to be in a gangster market. You should be trying to establish your…

— KRS-One

When you're not attached to anything, nothing can harm you. When people become attached, they can be harmed. I know this, so…

— KRS-One

Rap is like a set-up...a lot of games, A lot of suckers with colorful names. 'I'm so-and-so,' 'I'm this, I'm that.' But…

— KRS-One

Before I came out, there was no such thing as a black conciousness movement. Kids on the street didn't know who Malcom…

— KRS-One

For me, I see myself as a role model because, everything I do, there is a person somewhere who needs to hear…

— KRS-One

Educate yourself, because this society is geared to have us hate each other. The longer we hate each other, the more we…

— KRS-One

Every ten years, we get a new old school. In 1987, we thought 1977 was the best era in hip-hop. Here we…

— KRS-One

The whole world is conscious. It's just that we become conscious at times, and you become conscious when you lose a parent,…

— KRS-One

Ask any rapper or singer what artist they are an expert on. What artist are they looking to emulate, and really, what…

— KRS-One

I think music should be free. I think all communication should be free. I think people should respect artists, and there should…

— KRS-One

I don't sell millions of records. As a matter of fact, I'm not even interested in selling millions of records. I enjoy…

— KRS-One

Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in…

— KRS-One

I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light…

— KRS-One

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and…

— KRS-One

You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of…

— KRS-One

I think that all journalists, specifically print journalists, have a responsibility to educate the public. When you handle a culture's intellectual property,…

— KRS-One

“The God of your understanding, has chosen you and you've agreed To be here in this space and time to do something,…

— KRS-One

I was born in Hip Hop. That's all I ever needed.

— KRS-One

Rebel, renegade, must stay paid.

— KRS-One

Only love is consistent because only love is unconditional.

— KRS-One

Jermaine Dupri is a b-boy, and he's dope.

— KRS-One

When you do an album, you don't get to test an album live.

— KRS-One

Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

— KRS-One