You were put here to protect us. But who protects us from you? — KRS-One African american Copy Share Image
For KRS-One, I have a specific sound - sparse drums and bass. I try to steer away from elaborate productions. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved. — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art. — KRS-One Art Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment. — KRS-One Culture Copy Share Image
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 Brain Copy Share Image
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 Music Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I find it fascinating how hip hop as a culture mirrors every mythology from the beginning of mythology. The concept of the… — KRS-One Beginning Copy Share Image
I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The Temple of Hip-Hop makes sure that we don't just approach hip-hop just through music or through rap. We approach the totality… — KRS-One Approach Copy Share Image
What is American education? What should our students be taught? Is hip-hop something that is worthwhile and useful for students to learn?… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If the society that we're talking about is a society that starts wars all over the world, degrades indigenous cultures, is misogynistic… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If I were to critique myself - step out of KRS objectively and look at him - I would say that KRS… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
...Cops just surrounding me with pistols everywhere. They put me in the backseat of their car handcuffed, Pushed out them chests like… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Consciousness Copy Share Image
Hip is to know, it's a form of intelligence. To be hip is to be update and relevant. Hop is a form… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Hip-hop as a culture itself goes through stages. It grows - it's breathing, living. I've noticed that we usually start off conscious,… — KRS-One Breathing Copy Share Image
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 Approach Copy Share Image
Even with so many artists using auto-tune, there's still a growing group of artists rising up and going in the opposite direction,… — KRS-One Art Copy Share Image
