All Mos Def Quotes
- I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I… Acting
- In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the… Able
- It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You… Accepted
- Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years it's a name that the streets taught me a figure of speech… Bit
- We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine Blasted
- The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this? Crown
- Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness. Beautiful
- Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh. Die
- What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. Ability
- I have mad brims. Brims
- Blastin holes in the night til she bled sunshine Blastin
- A lot of people don't understand the true criteria of things Can't just accept the appearance Have to get the true essence Accept
- I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should… All
- I feel like I was the only person who was capable of making this type of music in this type of way. I don't rap… Capable
- I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as. Any